Symplectic reduction at zero angular momentum

DOI10.3934/JGM.2016.8.13MaRDI QIDQ254838zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joshua Cape, Hans-Christian Herbig, Christopher Seaton

Publication date 16 March 2016

Published in Journal of Geometric Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.04933

\(O_n\)-representation angular momentum moment map rational singularities symplectic reduction

Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Compact Lie groups of differentiable transformations (57S15)

Abstract: We study the symplectic reduction of the phase space describing

k

particles in

m a t h b b R^{n}

with total angular momentum zero. This corresponds to the singular symplectic quotient associated to the diagonal action of

o p e r a t o r n a m e O_{n}

on

k

copies of

m a t h b b C^{n}

at the zero value of the homogeneous quadratic moment map. We give a description of the ideal of relations of the ring of regular functions of the symplectic quotient. Using this description, we demonstrate

m a t h b b Z^{+}

-graded regular symplectomorphisms among the

o p e r a t o r n a m e O_{n}

- and

o p e r a t o r n a m e {S O}_{n}

-symplectic quotients and determine which of these quotients are graded regularly symplectomorphic to linear symplectic orbifolds. We demonstrate that when

n l e q k

, the zero fibre of the moment map has rational singularities and hence is normal and Cohen-Macaulay. We also demonstrate that for small values of

k

, the ring of regular functions on the symplectic quotient is graded Gorenstein.

Review text

The authors of the paper under review examine geometric and algebraic properties of symplectic quotients corresponding to \(k\) particles moving in \(\mathbb R^n\) with zero angular momentum. They model the phase space of configurations of the \(k\) particles and describe the symplectic quotients of zero angular momentum by \(\mathrm{O}_n\) and \(\mathrm{SO}_n\). They construct maps between the two quotients based on polynomial invariant theory. They show that the symplectic quotient by \(\mathrm{O}_n\) is symplectomorphic to a linear symplectic orbifold if and only if \(k=1\) or \(n=1\). They also show that when \(n \leq k\) the zero fibre of the moment map has rational singularities. At the end they use computational methods to describe some algebras related to symplectic quotients.

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