Auxiliary fields in the geometrical relativistic particle dynamics

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/41/11/115401zbMATH Open1190.70011arXiv0803.1153OpenAlexW2083126245MaRDI QIDQ5456542FDOQ5456542

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Publication date: 8 April 2008

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

Abstract: We describe how to construct the dynamics of relativistic particles following, either timelike or null curves, by means of an auxiliary variables method instead of the standard theory of deformations for curves. There are interesting physical particle models governed by actions that involve higher order derivatives of the embedding functions of the worldline. We point out that the mechanical content of such models can be extracted wisely from a lower order action, which can be performed by implementing in the action a finite number of constraints that involve the geometrical relationship structures inherent to a curve and by using a covariant formalism. We emphasize our approach for null curves. For such systems, the natural time parameter is a pseudo-arclength whose properties resemble those of the standard proper time. We illustrate the formalism by applying it to some models for relativistic particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1153

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zbMATH Keywords

Noether invariantsPoincaré symmetryconserved linear momentumworld-line Frenet-Serret geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special relativity (83A05) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40)

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