Hamiltonian structure for dispersive and dissipative dynamical systems

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DOI10.1007/S10955-007-9321-1zbMATH Open1128.82012arXivmath-ph/0608003OpenAlexW2070700743MaRDI QIDQ2454863FDOQ2454863


Authors: Alexander Figotin, Jeffrey H. Schenker Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 22 October 2007

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a Hamiltonian theory of a time dispersive and dissipative inhomogeneous medium, as described by a linear response equation respecting causality and power dissipation. The proposed Hamiltonian couples the given system to auxiliary fields, in the universal form of a so-called canonical heat bath. After integrating out the heat bath the original dissipative evolution is exactly reproduced. Furthermore, we show that the dynamics associated to a minimal Hamiltonian are essentially unique, up to a natural class of isomorphisms. Using this formalism, we obtain closed form expressions for the energy density, energy flux, momentum density, and stress tensor involving the auxiliary fields, from which we derive an approximate, ``Brillouin-type, formula for the time averaged energy density and stress tensor associated to an almost mono-chromatic wave.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0608003




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