Symmetry generators for null geodesic motion
conformal dynamical symmetryconformal Killing tensorsdynamical systemJacobi fieldsLagrange functionnull geodesics
Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Local differential geometry of Lorentz metrics, indefinite metrics (53B30) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40)
Let \(L(t,x^ a,x^ a)\) be the Lagrange function modeling an arbitrary dynamical system and \(N=R\times TM\) the associated extended tangent space. The local natural coordinates on N are \((s,x^ a,\dot x^ a)\), s being an affine parameter and \(\dot x{}^ a=dx/ds\). A vector field Y on N with local representation \(Y=\tau(s,x^ b,\dot x^ b)\partial /\partial s+K^ a(s,x^ b,\dot x^ b)\partial /\partial x^ a+\eta^ a(s,x^ b,\dot x^ b)\partial /\partial \dot x^ a\) is said to be a conformal dynamical symmetry (CDS) iff \(L_ Y\Gamma =[Y,\Gamma]=g\Gamma\), where g is a scalar function, whenever \(\Gamma\) is the lift of the tangent vector to a null geodesic. The author shows that CDSs may be regarded as generators of Jacobi fields along null geodesics of M and gives methods for the construction of CDSs. The connections between CDSs and the conformal Killing tensors are also considered and a procedure relying on the conformal invariance of null geodesic paths in order to construct CDSs is described. Based on Noether's theorem, five invariants along null geodesics are found.
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