Alexandre Turbiner
UNAM
February 16, 2018 from 16:00 to 18:00 (Montreal/EST time) On location
Colloquium presented by Alexandre Turbiner (UNAM)
The potential of the n-body problem, both classical and quantum, depends only on the relative (mutual) distances between bodies. By generalized Euler coordinates we mean relative distances and angles. Their advantage over Jacobi coordinates is emphasized. The NEW IDEA is to study trajectories in both classical, and eigenstates in quantum systems which depends on relative distances ALONE. We show how this study is equivalent to the study of (i) the motion of a particle (quantum or classical) in curved space of dimension n(n-1)/2 or the study of (ii) the Euler-Arnold (quantum or classical) - sl(n(n-1)/2, R) algebra top. The curved space of (i) has a number of remarkable properties. In the 3body case the {\it deQuantization} of quantum Hamiltonian leads to a classical Hamiltonian which solves a ~250-years old problem posed by Lagrange on 3-body planar motion.
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CRM, Université de Montréal, Pavillon André-Aisenstadt, room 6254