Covariant Hamilton equations for field theory

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/38/302zbMATH Open0982.70020arXivhep-th/9904062OpenAlexW2602375416MaRDI QIDQ4947792FDOQ4947792

Giovanni Giachetta, L. Mangiarotti, G. Sardanashvily

Publication date: 25 April 2000

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

Abstract: We study the relationship between the equations of first order Lagrangian field theory on fiber bundles and the covariant Hamilton equations on the finite-dimensional polysymplectic phase space of covariant Hamiltonian field theory. The main peculiarity of these Hamilton equations lies in the fact that, for degenerate systems, they contain additional gauge fixing conditions. We develop the BRST extension of the covariant Hamiltonian formalism, characterized by a Lie superalgebra of BRST and anti-BRST symmetries.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9904062

zbMATH Keywords

Euler-Lagrange equationsCartan equationsfinite-dimensional phase spaceconstrained Hamilton equationspolysymplectic Hamiltonian formalismalmost regular Lagrangiancovariant Hamilton equationsdegenerate quadratic Lagrangiandegenerate semiregular Lagrangianfirst-order Lagrangian field theoryHamilton-DeDonder equationsmultisymplectic Hamilton formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized coordinates; event, impulse-energy, configuration, state, or phase space for problems in mechanics (70G10) Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics (37N05)

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