Published September 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Second-order superintegrable systems in conformally flat spaces. V. Two- and three-dimensional quantum systems

  • 1. School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455 (United States)
  • 2. School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052 (Australia)
  • 3. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Waikato, Hamilton (New Zealand)

Description

This paper is the conclusion of a series that lays the groundwork for a structure and classification theory of second-order superintegrable systems, both classical and quantum, in conformally flat spaces. For two-dimensional and for conformally flat three-dimensional spaces with nondegenerate potentials we have worked out the structure of the classical systems and shown that the quadratic algebra always closes at order 6. Here we describe the quantum analogs of these results. We show that, for nondegenerate potentials, each classical system has a unique quantum extension. We also correct an error in an earlier paper in the series (that does not alter the structure results) and we elucidate the distinction between superintegrable systems with bases of functionally linearly independent and functionally linearly dependent symmetries

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Mathematical Physics
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 093501-093501.25
ISSN
0022-2488
CODEN
JMAPAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38023859
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; CLASSIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; POTENTIALS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SYMMETRY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; SPACE

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