Phase space reduction and Poisson structure
The aim of this article is to show that if \(G\) is a Lie group, \({\mathcal G}\) its Lie algebra and \((P,\pi,B,G)\) a \(G\)-principal bundle, the left action defined by \(G\) over the total space \(P\) can be lifted to the cotangent bundle \(T^* P\). The author shows that this action is free and Hamiltonian, and \({T^* P}/G\) turns out to be a Poisson manifold. When a connection is given on the total space \(P\), he shows that \({T^* P}/G\) is a vector bundle over \(T^* B\), with fibre \({\mathcal G}^*\). In this case, its Poisson structure is a sum of three terms which relate the symplectic structures that are acting. Namely, the first one comes from the canonical symplectic structure of \(T^* B\), the second one from the Lie-Poisson structure of \({\mathcal G}^*\), and the third one involves the curvature of the connection on \(P\). The author observes that these results would be helpful in the study of stability of certain motions of a mechanical system, whose phase space is \(T^*P\), when a Lie group \(G\) of symmetries is acting in its configuration space \(P\). He also points out that Sternberg [\textit{S. Sternberg}, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74, 5253--5254 (1977; Zbl 0765.58010)], Weinstein [\textit{A. Weinstein}, Lett. Math. Phys. 2, 417--420 (1978; Zbl 0388.58010)] and Kummer [\textit{M. Kummer}, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 30, 281--291 (1981; Zbl 0461.70008)] ``were interested in the symplectic structure of the leaves of \({T^* P}/G\), by considering each one separately. The author considers the Poisson structure of all of \({T^* P}/G\). On the other hand, he says that Montgomery [\textit{R. Montgomery, J. E. Marsden} and \textit{T. S. Ratiu}, Contemp. Math. 28, 101--114 (1984; Zbl 0546.58026)] ``had given a global formula of the Poisson bracket on \({T^* P}/G\) without proof. He provides an explicit proof in this article. The paper ends with an application of his results to the case \(P = \text{SO}(3)\) and \(G = S^1\).
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