Abstract:
The complete description of local symmetries (which are differential operators of arbitrary finite order) is given for stationary Shrödinger equation for Hydrogen atom. This is done using the reduction of Shrödinger equation for isotropic harmonic oscillator to one for the Hydrogen atom, which induces the correspondent symmetry algebras reduction. It is shown that all nontrivial local symmetry operators for n-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator belong to enveloping algebra U(su(n,C)) of algebra su(n,C). For Hydrogen atom all nontrivial
local symmetries constitute enveloping algebra U(so(4,C)) of algebra so(4,C). Basis of
so(4,C) consists of rotation group generators and Runge–Lenz-operators.
Citation:
A. A. Drokin, A. V. Shapovalov, I. V. Shirokov, “Local symmetry algebra of Shrödinger equation for Hydrogen atom”, TMF, 106:2 (1996), 273–284; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 106:2 (1996), 227–236