Application of Herglotz's Variational Principle to Electromagnetic Systems with Dissipation
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DOI10.1142/S0219887822501560arXiv2108.07542OpenAlexW3193695036WikidataQ114072300 ScholiaQ114072300MaRDI QIDQ6375413FDOQ6375413
Authors: Jordi Gaset, Adrià Marín-Salvador 
Publication date: 17 August 2021
Abstract: This work applies the contact formalism of classical mechanics and classical field theory, introduced by Herglotz and later developed in the context of contact geometry, to describe electromagnetic systems with dissipation. In particular, we study an electron in a non-perfect conductor and a variation of the cyclotron radiation. In order to apply the contact formalism to a system governed by the Lorentz force, it is necessary to generalize the classical electromagnetic gauge and add a term in the Lagrangian. We also apply the k-contact theory for classical fields to model the behaviour of electromagnetic fields themselves under external damping. In particular, we show how the theory describes the evolution of electromagnetic fields in media under some circumstances. The corresponding Poynting theorem is derived. We discuss its applicability to the Lorentz dipole model and to a highly resistive dielectric.
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219887822501560
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