The two-dimensional three-body problem in the large magnetic field limit is integrable

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2016.05.021zbMATH Open1360.70045arXiv1410.6221OpenAlexW2355283944MaRDI QIDQ526341FDOQ526341

Authors: Alonso Botero, F. Leyvraz 

Publication date: 10 May 2017

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The problem of $N$ particles interacting through pairwise central forces is notoriously intractable for $Ngeq3$. Some quite remarkable specific cases have been solved in one dimension, whereas higher-dimensional exactly solved systems involve velocity-dependent or many-body forces. Here we show that the guiding center approximation---valid for charges moving in two dimensions in a strong constant magnetic field---simplifies the three-body problem for an arbitrary interparticle interaction invariant under rotations and translations and makes it solvable by quadratures. This includes a broad variety of special cases, such as that of three particles interacting through arbitrary pairwise central potentials. A spinorial representation for the system is introduced, which allows a visualization of its phase space as the corresponding Bloch sphere as well as the identification of a Berry-Hannay rotational anholonomy. Finally, a brief discussion of the quantization of the problem is presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6221

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zbMATH Keywords

integrable systemsmagnetic fieldthree-body problemBerry phaseguiding center dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Symmetries and conservation laws in mechanics of particles and systems (70S10)

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