Zernike system revisited: imaginary gauge and Higgs oscillator

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Main Authors: Abgaryan, Vahagn, Nersessian, Armen, Yeghikyan, Vahagn
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Published: 2025
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author Abgaryan, Vahagn
Nersessian, Armen
Yeghikyan, Vahagn
author_facet Abgaryan, Vahagn
Nersessian, Armen
Yeghikyan, Vahagn
contents We analyze that recently proposed clasical/quantum mechanical interpretation of Zernike system and establish its equivalence to the Higgs oscillator on sphere or pseudosphere (Lobachevsky plane). We show that the non-reality of the classical Zernike Hamiltonian is an insignificant artifact of imaginary gauge and can be eliminated with a canonical transformation. The quantum counterpart of this canonical transformation is a similarity transformation mapping the system to the quantum Higgs oscillator with integration measure depending on $α,β$ parameters. When $α=2 β$ it results in the Hermitian Hamiltonian describing a free particle on (pseudo)sphere, while deviation from this point leads to a pseudo-Hermitian system.
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spellingShingle Zernike system revisited: imaginary gauge and Higgs oscillator
Abgaryan, Vahagn
Nersessian, Armen
Yeghikyan, Vahagn
Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Optics
We analyze that recently proposed clasical/quantum mechanical interpretation of Zernike system and establish its equivalence to the Higgs oscillator on sphere or pseudosphere (Lobachevsky plane). We show that the non-reality of the classical Zernike Hamiltonian is an insignificant artifact of imaginary gauge and can be eliminated with a canonical transformation. The quantum counterpart of this canonical transformation is a similarity transformation mapping the system to the quantum Higgs oscillator with integration measure depending on $α,β$ parameters. When $α=2 β$ it results in the Hermitian Hamiltonian describing a free particle on (pseudo)sphere, while deviation from this point leads to a pseudo-Hermitian system.
title Zernike system revisited: imaginary gauge and Higgs oscillator
topic Quantum Physics
Mathematical Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15713