Inequivalent quantizations of the three-particle Calogero model constructed by separation of variables

Details Inequivalent quantizations of the three-particle Calogero model constructed by separation of variables Inequivalent quantizations of the three-particle Calogero model constructed by separation of variables

2004-12-30

arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0412095v3

Nucl.Phys. B715 (2005) 713-757

Physics

Mathematical Physics

45 pages, 6 figures, LaTeX, v2: a reference and a note added, v3: merely a constant is corrected

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.02.006

We quantize the 1-dimensional 3-body problem with harmonic and inverse square pair potential by separating the Schr\"odinger equation following the classic work of Calogero, but allowing all possible self-adjoint boundary conditions for the angular and radial Hamiltonians. The inverse square coupling constant is taken to be $g=2\nu (\nu-1)$ with ${1/2} <\nu< {3/2}$ and then the angular Hamiltonian is shown to admit a 2-parameter family of inequivalent quantizations compatible with the dihedral $D_6$ symmetry of its potential term $9 \nu (\nu -1)/\sin^2 3\phi$. These are parametrized by a matrix $U\in U(2)$ satisfying $\sigma_1 U \sigma_1 = U$, and in all cases we describe the qualitative features of the angular eigenvalues and classify the eigenstates under the $D_6$ symmetry and its $S_3$ subgroup generated by the particle exchanges. The angular eigenvalue $\lambda$ enters the radial Hamiltonian through the potential $(\lambda -{1/4})/r^2$ allowing a 1-parameter family of self-adjoint boundary conditions at $r=0$ if $\lambda <1$. For $0<\lambda<1$ our analysis of the radial Schr\"odinger equation is consistent with previous results on the possible energy spectra, while for $\lambda <0$ it shows that the energy is not bounded from below rejecting those $U$'s admitting such eigenvalues as physically impermissible. The permissible self-adjoint angular Hamiltonians include, for example, the cases $U=\pm {\bf 1}_2, \pm \sigma_1$, which are explicitly solvable and are presented in detail. The choice $U=-{\bf 1}_2$ reproduces Calogero's quantization, while for the choice $U=\sigma_1$ the system is smoothly connected to the harmonic oscillator in the limit $\nu \to 1$.

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