Lagrangian approach and dissipative magnetic systems

A Lagrangian is introduced which includes the coupling between magnetic moments m and the degrees of freedom σ of a reservoir. In case the system-reservoir coupling breaks the time reversal symmetry the magnetic moments perform a damped precession around an effective field which is self-organized by the mutual interaction of the moments. The resulting evolution equation has the form of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. In case the bath variables are constant vector fields the moments m fulfill the reversible Landau-Lifshitz equation. Applying Noether?s theorem we find conserved quantities under rotation in space and within the configuration space of the moments.