Abstract
As an outcome of our previous work on unitary configuration space description of the classical Kepler problem (in which we presented the S‐graph as the configuration space counterpart of the well‐known velocity space hodograph),we show how the peculiar characterization of the Kepler orbits introduced by Cariñena et al., Celest. Mech. Dynam. Astron.52 (1991) 307–343, is easily recovered with no ad hoc devices (but through the natural introduction of the S‐sphere and N‐cone structures).Moreover, we show how the S‐sphere is intimately related, via a similarity transformation, to the prequantization of the manifold of the Kepler orbits of fixed negative energy (manifold diffeomorphic to the topological product of two 2‐spheres). Interesting results are brought out.
Sommario. A seguito della precedente descrizione unitaria del problema di Keplero (nella quale abbiamo introdotto il grafo S come la struttura consimile, nello spazio delle configurazioni, al ben noto odografo del moto kepleriano) si perviene alla caratterizzazione Cariñena et al. Celest. Mech. Dynam. Astron.52 (1991) 307–343,delle orbite Kepleriane senza alcun artificio, bensì mediante la naturale introduzione della sfera S e del cono N. Inoltre si mostra come la sfera S sia intimamente legata alla prequantizzazione della varietà delle orbite kepleriane ad energia negativa (varietà diffeomorfa al prodotto topologico di due sfere).
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Cariñena J.F., López C., Del Olmo M.A. and Santander M., ‘Conformal geometry of the Kepler orbit space’, Celest. Mech. and Dynam. Astron. 52 (1991) 307–343.
Deprit A., Elipe A. and Ferrer S., ‘Linearization: Laplace vs. Stiefel’, Celest. Mech. and Dynam. Astron. 58 (1994) 151–201.
Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, 2nd edn., Addison-Wesley, Reading, 1980.
Hestenes, D., New Foundations for Classical Mechanics, Reidel, Dordrecht, 1986.
Kustaanheimo, P. and Stiefel, E., ‘Perturbation theory of Kepler motion based on Spinor regularization’, J. Reine Angew. Math. 218 (1965) 204–219.
Kummer, M., ‘Anharmonic oscillators in classical and quantum mechanics with applications to the perturbed Kepler problem’, In: Bates and Rodd (Eds.), Fields Inst. Commun. A.M.S. 8, 1996 pp. 35–63.
Milnor, J., ‘On the geometry of the Kepler problem’, Am. Math. Mon. 90 (1983) 353–365.
Moser, J., ‘Regularization of Kepler's problem and the averaging method on a manifold’, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 23 (1970) 609–636.
Souriau, J.M., Structure des Systèmes Dynamiques, Dunod Paris, 1970.
Stiefel, E.L. and Scheifele G., Linear and Regular Celestial Mechanics, Springer, Berlin, 1971.
Vivarelli, M.D., ‘The KS-transformation in hypercomplex form and the quantization of the negative-energy orbit manifold of the Kepler problem’, Celest. Mech. 36 (1985) 349–364.
Vivarelli, M.D., ‘The KS-transformation revisited’, Meccanica 29 (1994) 15–26.
Vivarelli, M.D., ‘The Kepler problem: a unifying view’, Celest. Mech. and Dynam. Astron. 60 (1994) 291–305.
Vivarelli, M.D., ‘On a first integral of the Kepler problem’, J. Math. Phys. 38 (1997) 4561–4569.
Vivarelli, M.D., ‘Il problema di Keplero e la sfera S’, In: Atti del XIII Congresso AIMETA, Siena 1 (1997) pp. 25–28.
Vivarelli, M.D., ‘A configuration counterpart of the Kepler problem hodograph’, Celest. Mech. and Dynam. Astron. (accepted for publication).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Vivarelli, M. The Kepler Problem S‐Sphere and the Kepler Manifold. Meccanica 33, 541–551 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004398728408
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004398728408