Adding potentials to superintegrable systems with symmetry

Abstract

In previous work, we have considered Hamiltonians associated with three-dimensional conformally flat spaces, possessing two-, three- and four-dimensional isometry algebras. Previously, our Hamiltonians have represented free motion, but here we consider the problem of adding potential functions in the presence of symmetry. Separable potentials in the three-dimensional space reduce to 3 or 4 parameter potentials for Darboux–Koenigs Hamiltonians. Other three-dimensional coordinate systems reveal connections between Darboux–Koenigs and other well-known super-integrable Hamiltonians, such as the Kepler problem and isotropic oscillator.