Numerical solution of classical equations of motion for a field in the infrared region

A numerical study is carried out of equations of motion for the classical Yang-Mills fields described by a nonstandard Arbuzov-Alekseev Lagrangian.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. A, pp. 82–85, April, 1990.     

The Lagrangian and the Lie symmetries of charged particle motion in homogeneous electromagnetic field

In this paper, a constant of motion of charged particle motion in homogeneous electromagnetic field is derived from Newton's equations and the characteristics of partial differential equation, the related Lagrangian is also given by means of the obtained constant of motion. By discussing the Lie symmetry for this classical system, this paper obtains the general expression of the conserved quantity. It is shown that the conserved quantity is the same as the constant of motion in essence.     

Nonlocal conserved quantities,balance laws,and equations of motion

A formalism is developed whereby balance laws are directly obtained from nonlocal (integrodifferential) linear second-order equations of motion for systems described by several dependent variables. These laws augment the equations of motion as further useful information about the physical system and, under certain conditions, are shown to reduce to conservation laws. The formalism can be applied to physical systems whose equations of motion may be relativistic and either classical or quantum. It is shown to facilitate obtaining global conservation laws for quantities which include energy and momentum. Applications of the formalism are given for a nonlocal Schrödinger equation and for a system of local relativistic equations of motion describing particles of arbitrary integral spin.     

Theory of non-adiabatic cranking and nuclear collective motion

The cranking model is extended to the case of a general non-adiabatic motion. The time-dependent many-body Schrödinger equation is solved, where the time dependence of the collective motion is determined by the classical Lagrange equations of motion. The Lagrangian is obtained from the expectation value of the energy. In the case of one collective degree of freedom the condition that the expectation value of the energy is constant in time is sufficient to determine the collective motion. An iteration procedure is applied, of which the zeroth order is shown to be the common cranking formula. In an alternative approach the energy conservation is expressed in differential form. This leads in the case of one collective degree of freedom to a set of coupled, non-linear first-order differential equations in time for the expansion coefficients of the many-body wave function and for the collective variable. As an illustrative example we solve the case of two coupled linear harmonic oscillators.     

Inconsistency of nonlinear second-order equations of motion of classical charges

Problems of second-order equations of motion of elementary classical charges are discussed. Inconsistency of energy-momentum balance is pointed out. In particular, it is shown, probably for the first time, that Eliezer's equation does not conserve energy. The results favor the third-order equation of Lorentz-Dirac.     

The motion of a classical spinning particle in a Riemann-Cartan space-time

A consistent set of equations of motion for classical charged particles with spin and magnetic dipole moment in a Riemann-Cartan space-time is generated from a constrained Lagrangian formalism. The equations avoid the spurious free helicoidal solutions and at the same time conserve the canonical condition of normalization of the 4-velocity. The 4-velocity and the mechanical moment are parallel in this theory, where the condition of orthogonality between spin and 4-velocity is treated as a nonholonomic constraint. A generalized BMT precession equation is obtained as one of the results of the formalism.     

An application of functional equations to the analysis of the invariance identities of classical gauge field theory

The equations of motion for a particle in a classical gauge field are derived from the invariance identities ² and basic assumptions about the Lagrangian. They are found to be consistent with the equations of some other approaches to classical gauge-field theory, and are expressed in terms of a set of undetermined functions E. The functions E are found to satisfy a system of differential equations which has the same formal structure as a system of equations from Yang-Mills theory. ³ These results are obtained by a new method which applies techniques from the theory of functional equations to deduce the way in which the arguments of the Lagrangian must combine. The method constitutes an aid for obtaining the equations of motion when a non-gauge-invariant Lagrangian is chosen, and it is assumed that the equations of motion can be written in a gauge-invariant manner.     

Microscopic nuclear collective motion studied by classical equations of motion

The time-dependent variation principle is used to obtain generally non-canonical equations of motion from any class of quantum states which are parameterized by a set of continuous complex quantities. A class of states is presented whose associated classical dynamics is described by the five collective quadrupole degrees of freedom. Information about the classical dynamics of the system can be obtained from the non-canonical equations by finding physically interesting quantities which are coordinate independent and which characterize the low-energy collective motion. Approximate collective hamiltonians, of either a Bohr-Mottelson or an IBM type, can be found by insisting that the interesting physical quantities which describe the low-energy classical behavior of the many-body system are the same as those describing the classical behavior of the system given by the collective hamiltonian. The method is applied to two simple schematic models, one vibrational and one rotational, and IBM hamiltonians are obtained.     

Invariance identities associated with finite gauge transformations and the uniqueness of the equations of motion of a particle in a classical gauge field

A certain class of geometric objects is considered against the background of a classical gauge field associated with an arbitrary structural Lie group. It is assumed that the components of these objects depend on the gauge potentials and their first derivatives, and also on certain gauge-dependent parameters whose properties are suggested by the interaction of an isotopic spin particle with a classical Yang-Mills field. It is shown that the necessary and sufficient conditions for the invariance of the given objects under a finite gauge transformation are embodied in a set of three relations involving the derivatives of their components. As a special case these so-called invariance identities indicate that there cannot exist a gauge-invariant Lagrangian that depends on the gauge potentials, the interaction parameters, and the4-velocity components of a test particle. However, the requirement that the equations of motion that result from such a Lagrangian be gauge-invariant, uniquely determines the structure of these equations.     

Equations of motion in unified five-dimensional geometrized theory

The equations of motion in unified five-dimensional theory of gravitation, electromagnetism, and scalar field are considered. It is shown that some of the equations of the theory follow from the rest as equations of motion. In the classical limit of the theory, the equations of motion are found, which coincide with the related equations of general relativity. The similarity of the classical limit of the five-dimensional theory and of the Brans-Dicke theory is noted.     

经典力学中加速度相关的Lagrange函数

研究了加速度线性相关的Lagrange函数,在加速度项系数对称的条件下,Lagrange方程保持为二阶微分方程;给出了从运动方程构造加速度相关的Lagrange函数的方法;研究同一系统的加速度相关和加速度无关的Lagrange函数之间的关系.举例说明结果的应用. 关键词： Lagrange方程 加速度相关的Lagrange函数 广义力学 Lagrange函数的规范变换     

Nonlinear massive spin-2 field generated by higher derivative gravity

We present a systematic exposition of the Lagrangian field theory for the massive spin-2 field generated in higher-derivative gravity upon reduction to a second-order theory by means of the appropriate Legendre transformation. It has been noticed by various authors that this nonlinear field overcomes the well-known inconsistency of the theory for a linear massive spin-2 field interacting with Einstein’s gravity. Starting from a Lagrangian quadratically depending on the Ricci tensor of the metric, we explore the two possible second-order pictures usually called “(Helmholtz-)Jordan frame” and “Einstein frame.” In spite of their mathematical equivalence, the two frames have different structural properties: in Einstein frame, the spin-2 field is minimally coupled to gravity, while in the other frame it is necessarily coupled to the curvature, without a separate kinetic term. We prove that the theory admits a unique and linearly stable ground state solution, and that the equations of motion are consistent, showing that these results can be obtained independently in either frame (each frame therefore provides a self-contained theory). The full equations of motion and the (variational) energy-momentum tensor for the spin-2 field in Einstein frame are given, and a simple but non-trivial exact solution to these equations is found. The comparison of the energy-momentum tensors for the spin-2 field in the two frames suggests that the Einstein frame is physically more acceptable. We point out that the energy-momentum tensor generated by the Lagrangian of the linearized theory is unrelated to the corresponding tensor of the full theory. It is then argued that the ghost-like nature of the nonlinear spin-2 field, found long ago in the linear approximation, may not be so harmful to classical stability issues, as has been expected.     

完整力学系统的高阶运动微分方程

从质点系的牛顿动力学方程出发,引入系统的高阶速度能量,导出完整力学系统的高阶Lagrange方程、高阶Nielsen方程以及高阶Appell方程,并证明了完整系统三种形式的高阶运动微分方程是等价的.结果表明,完整系统高阶运动微分方程揭示了系统运动状态的改变与力的各阶变化率之间的联系,这是牛顿动力学方程以及传统分析力学方程不能直接反映的.因此,完整系统高阶运动微分方程是对牛顿动力学方程及传统Lagrange方程、Nielsen方程、Appell方程等二阶运动微分方程的进一步补充. 关键词： 高阶速度能量 高阶Lagrange方程 高阶 Nielsen方程 高阶Appell方程     

Poincaré-invariant gravitational field and equations of motion of two pointlike objects: The postlinear approximation of general relativity

Using a fast-motion approximation method we obtain the second-order gravitational field and equations of motion for two pointlike objects in algebraically closed form. A regularization procedure is used which is shown to guarantee the consistency of the approximation scheme. The equations of motion are then transformed within the framework of relativistic predictive mechanics into a system of ordinary differential equations.     

On the motion of particles and strings,presymplectic mechanics,and the variational bicomplex

Examples of equations of motion in classical relativistic mechanics are studied: the equations of motion of a charged spinning particle moving in a space-time (with or without torsion) in the presence of an electromagnetic field are derived via Souriau presymplectic reduction. Then, the extension of Souriaus ideas to Lagrangian field theory due to Witten, Crnkovi, Zuckerman is reviewed using the variational bicomplex, the basic properties of the Lund–Regge equations describing the motion of a string interacting with a scalar field and moving in Minkowski spacetime are recalled, and a symplectic structure for their space of solutions is found.This revised version was published online in April 2005. The publishing date was inserted.     

Nonautonomous submersive second-order differential equations and lie symmetries

We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a nonautonomous second-order differential equation to be submersive. An application to nonautonomous Lagrangian systems is given: the existence of symmetries of the Lagrangian permits us to prove that the Euler-Lagrange vector field is submersive and hence that the motion equations may be simplified. Our results extend to the nonautonomous case the previous ones obtained by Kossowski and Thompson.     

The forms of three-order Lagrangian equation in relative motion

In this paper, the general expressions of three-order Lagrangian equations in a motional coordinate system are obtained. In coordinate systems with some specific forms of motion, the expressions corresponding to these equations are also presented.