Group classification of charged particle motion in stationary electromagnetic fields

DOI10.1063/1.4997100zbMATH Open1383.78016arXiv1707.05684OpenAlexW3105642955MaRDI QIDQ4599463FDOQ4599463

Authors: N. Kallinikos 

Publication date: 2 January 2018

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

Abstract: In this paper we classify in terms of Lie point symmetries the three-dimensional nonrelativistic motion of charged particles in arbitrary time-independent electromagnetic fields. The classification is made on the ground of equivalence transformations, and, when the system is nonlinear and particularly for inhomogeneous and curved magnetic fields, it is also complete. Using the homogeneous Maxwell's equations as auxiliary conditions for consistency, in which case the system amounts to a Lagrangian of three degrees of freedom with velocity-dependent potentials, the equivalence group stays the same. Therefore, instead of the actual fields, the potentials are equally employed and their gauge invariance results in an infinite-dimensional equivalence algebra, which nevertheless projects to finite-dimensional symmetry algebras. Subsequently, optimal systems of equivalence subalgebras are obtained that lead to one-, two- and three-parameter extended symmetry groups, besides the obvious time translations. Finally, based on symmetries of Noether type, aspects of complete integrability are discussed, as well.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.05684

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zbMATH Keywords

Maxwell's equationsLie point symmetriesNoether symmetryequivalence transformation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electro- and magnetostatics (78A30) Maxwell equations (35Q61) Lagrange's equations (70H03) Completely integrable systems and methods of integration for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H06) Symmetries and conservation laws, reverse symmetries, invariant manifolds and their bifurcations, reduction for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H33) Motion of charged particles (78A35)

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