A CONNECTION BETWEEN SU(3) AND O(4),
Abstract
It is shown that the insertion of a barrier, in the isotropic harmonic oscillator and in the hydrogen atom, gives each system the higher symmetry usually associated with the other. The result is more general: the imposition of a reflection condition can change the symmetry from SU(3) to O(4), and vice versa. This may have implications for elementary particle symmetries. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0655653
Entities
People
- D. G. Ravenhall
- R. T. Sharp
- W. J. Pardee
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign