Eisenhart lift for higher derivative systems

The Eisenhart lift provides an elegant geometric description of a dynamical system of second order in terms of null geodesics of the Brinkmann-type metric. In this work, we attempt to generalize the Eisenhart method so as to encompass higher derivative models. The analysis relies upon Ostrogradsky&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anton Galajinsky, Ivan Masterov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-02-01
Series:Physics Letters B
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931630733X