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Supersymmetry and geometric motion

L J Boya, R F Wehrhahn and A Rivero

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Geometric motion in rank-one symmetric spaces is shown to describe a simple supersymmetric quantum mechanical system. Supersymmetry does indeed lead to a purely algebraic solution for the compact case, providing eigenfunctions and eigenvalues, and also for the Riemannian odd-dimension hyperbolic and Euclidean spaces where SUSY supplies easily the eigenfunctions and hence the phase shifts. In particular, the Jost functions in the latter case are polynomial since the Hamiltonian is seen to be the nth supersymmetric partner of the Hamiltonian of free motion. For the other spaces, supersymmetry proves to be very effective in simplifying and illuminating several aspects of the theory, and suggesting further generalizations.


PACS

11.30.Pb Supersymmetry

02.10.Ud Linear algebra

03.65.Fd Algebraic methods

MSC

81R50 Quantum groups and related algebraic methods (See also 16W35, 17B37)

15A18 Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors

81Q60 Supersymmetric quantum mechanics

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Quantum information and quantum mechanics

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 21 (7 November 1993)



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