Discrete linear canonical evolution

DOI10.1063/5.0038814MaRDI QIDQ5000200zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 9 July 2021

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.10456

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massless scalar fieldsymplectic formdiscrete canonical evolutionHamiltonian evolution map

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Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27) Symplectic and canonical mappings (37J11) Relations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems with Lie algebras and other algebraic structures (37J37)

Abstract: This work builds on an existing model of discrete canonical evolution and applies it to the general case of a linear dynamical system, i.e., a finite-dimensional system with configuration space isomorphic to $mathbb{R}^q$ and linear equations of motion. The system is assumed to evolve in discrete time steps. The most distinctive feature of the model is that the equations of motion can be irregular. After an analysis of the arising constraints and the symplectic form, we introduce adjusted coordinates on the phase space which uncover its internal structure and result in a trivial form of the Hamiltonian evolution map. For illustration, the formalism is applied to the example of massless scalar field on a two-dimensional spacetime lattice.

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