Liouville's theorem and the canonical measure for nonconservative systems from contact geometry

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/48/24/245001zbMATH Open1321.37067arXiv1412.0026OpenAlexW1546462952MaRDI QIDQ5261649FDOQ5261649

Authors: Alessandro Bravetti, Diego Tapias 

Publication date: 6 July 2015

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

Abstract: Standard statistical mechanics of conservative systems relies on the symplectic geometry of the phase space. This is exploited to derive Hamilton's equations, Liouville's theorem and to find the canonical invariant measure. In this work we analyze the statistical mechanics of a class of nonconservative systems stemming from contact geometry. In particular, we find out the generalized Hamilton's equations, Liouville's theorem and the microcanonical and canonical measures invariant under the contact flow. Remarkably, the latter measure has a power law density distribution with respect to the standard contact volume form. Finally, we argue on the several possible applications of our results.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.0026

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zbMATH Keywords

invariant measurecontact geometrynon-Hamiltonian dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

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