Dynamical symmetries of the anisotropic oscillator

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Main Authors: Sinha, Akash, Ghosh, Aritra, Bagchi, Bijan
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Published: 2023
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author Sinha, Akash
Ghosh, Aritra
Bagchi, Bijan
author_facet Sinha, Akash
Ghosh, Aritra
Bagchi, Bijan
contents It is well known that the Hamiltonian of an $n$-dimensional isotropic oscillator admits an $SU(n)$ symmetry, making the system maximally superintegrable. However, the dynamical symmetries of the anisotropic oscillator are much more subtle. We introduce a novel set of canonical transformations that map an $n$-dimensional anisotropic oscillator to the corresponding isotropic problem. Consequently, the anisotropic oscillator is found to possess the same number of conserved quantities as the isotropic oscillator, making it maximally superintegrable too (commensurate case). The first integrals are explicitly calculated in the case of a two-dimensional anisotropic oscillator and remarkably, they admit closed-form expressions.
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spellingShingle Dynamical symmetries of the anisotropic oscillator
Sinha, Akash
Ghosh, Aritra
Bagchi, Bijan
Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Classical Physics
Quantum Physics
It is well known that the Hamiltonian of an $n$-dimensional isotropic oscillator admits an $SU(n)$ symmetry, making the system maximally superintegrable. However, the dynamical symmetries of the anisotropic oscillator are much more subtle. We introduce a novel set of canonical transformations that map an $n$-dimensional anisotropic oscillator to the corresponding isotropic problem. Consequently, the anisotropic oscillator is found to possess the same number of conserved quantities as the isotropic oscillator, making it maximally superintegrable too (commensurate case). The first integrals are explicitly calculated in the case of a two-dimensional anisotropic oscillator and remarkably, they admit closed-form expressions.
title Dynamical symmetries of the anisotropic oscillator
topic Mathematical Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Classical Physics
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14306