Slice theorem for Fr\'echet group actions and covariant symplectic field theory
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Publication:6251402
arXiv1405.2249MaRDI QIDQ6251402FDOQ6251402
Publication date: 9 May 2014
Abstract: A general slice theorem for the action of a Fr'echet Lie group on a Fr'echet manifolds is established. The Nash-Moser theorem provides the fundamental tool to generalize the result of Palais to this infinite-dimensional setting. The presented slice theorem is illustrated by its application to gauge theories: the action of the gauge transformation group admits smooth slices at every point and thus the gauge orbit space is stratified by Fr'echet manifolds. Furthermore, a covariant and symplectic formulation of classical field theory is proposed and extensively discussed. At the root of this novel framework is the incorporation of field degrees of freedom F and spacetime M into the product manifold F * M. The induced bigrading of differential forms is used in order to carry over the usual symplectic theory to this new setting. The examples of the Klein-Gordon field and general Yang-Mills theory illustrate that the presented approach conveniently handles the occurring symmetries.
Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Group actions and symmetry properties (58D19) Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65) Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42) Group structures and generalizations on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B25) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) Infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B99)
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