Equations of motion from field equations and a gauge-invariant variational principle for the motion of charged particles

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00002-2zbMATH Open0869.70010arXivphysics/9807038WikidataQ115597531 ScholiaQ115597531MaRDI QIDQ2565052FDOQ2565052

Authors: Dariusz Chruściński, Jerzy Kijowski 

Publication date: 7 January 1997

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: New, gauge-independent, second-order Lagrangian for the motion of classical, charged test particles is proposed. It differs from the standard, gauge-dependent, first order Lagrangian by boundary terms only. A new method of deriving equations of motion from field equations is developed. When applied to classical electrodynamics, this method enables us to obtain unambigously the above, second order Lagrangian from the general energy-momentum conservation principle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9807038

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zbMATH Keywords

boundary termssecond order Lagrangianenergy-momentum conservation principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational principles of physics (49S05) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40)

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• Variational principle for electrodynamics of moving particles

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