A Hamiltonian action of the Schrödinger-Virasoro algebra on a space of periodic time-dependent Schrödinger operators in $(1+1)$-dimensions

Abstract

Let ${\cal S}^{lin}:=\{a(t)(-2\II \partial_t-\partial_r^2+V(t,r) | a\in C^{\infty}(\R/2π\Z), V\in C^{\infty}(\R/2π\Z\times\R)\}$ be the space of Schrödinger operators in $(1+1)$-dimensions with periodic time-dependent potential. The action on ${\cal S}^{lin}$ of a large infinite-dimensional reparametrization group $SV$ with Lie algebra $\sv$ \cite{RogUnt06,Unt08}, called the Schrödinger-Virasoro group and containing the Virasoro group, is proved to be Hamiltonian for a certain Poisson structure on ${\cal S}^{lin}$. More precisely, the infinitesimal action of $\sv$ appears to be part of a coadjoint action of a Lie algebra of pseudo-differential symbols, $\g$, of which $\sv$ is a quotient, while the Poisson structure is inherited from the corresponding Kirillov-Kostant-Souriau form.

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