Symmetries of the Landau problem

M. K. Fung; Y. F. Wang

doi:10.1142/S0217984999000191

Symmetries of the Landau problem

M. K. Fung^*, Y. F. Wang

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Department of Physics

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Abstract

We find that three constants of motion of the Landau problem form an algebra of the Euclidean group in the plane with a cocycle extension. We succeed in expressing the Hamiltonian in terms of these constants of motion in a gauge independent way and solve the problem by algebraic methods.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	135-141
Number of pages	7
Journal	Modern Physics Letters B
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984999000191
Publication status	Published - 1999 Feb 28

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Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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