Higher symmetries of the Schrödinger operator in Newton-Cartan geometry

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2016.06.003zbMATH Open1360.83051arXiv1601.02797OpenAlexW2963486083MaRDI QIDQ508062FDOQ508062

Authors: James Gundry 

Publication date: 9 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We establish several relationships between the non-relativistic conformal symmetries of Newton-Cartan geometry and the Schr"odinger equation. In particular we discuss the algebra $mathfraksch(d)$ of vector fields conformally-preserving a flat Newton-Cartan spacetime, and we prove that its curved generalisation generates the symmetry group of the covariant Schr"odinger equation coupled to a Newtonian potential and generalised Coriolis force. We provide intrinsic Newton-Cartan definitions of Killing tensors and conformal Schr"odinger-Killing tensors, and we discuss their respective links to conserved quantities and to the higher symmetries of the Schr"odinger equation. Finally we consider the role of conformal symmetries in Newtonian twistor theory, where the infinite-dimensional algebra of holomorphic vector fields on twistor space corresponds to the symmetry algebra $mathfrakcnc(3)$ on the Newton-Cartan spacetime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.02797

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zbMATH Keywords

Killing tensorsNewton-Cartan geometrytwistor theoryhigher symmetriesSchrödinger operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Geometry and quantization, symplectic methods (81S10) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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