Covariant formulation of the dynamics in a dissipative quantum dielectric obtained from a simplified Lagrangian

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.01.028MaRDI QIDQ637647zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Yahalom, R. Englman, Yosef Pinhasi

Publication date 6 September 2011

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605060

zbMATH Keywords

covariancedissipationelectromagnetic energyLagrangian formalismpolarizable solid: quantum resonance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Resonance in context of PDEs (35B34) Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20)

Abstract: Equations of motions and energy-momentum density tensors are obtained for a dispersive and dissipative medium sustaining electric and magnetic polarizations, using Lagrangian formalisms. A previous work on the subject by the authors has been simplified by reduction in the Lagrangian of the number of independent vector fields, with which the sink modes (associated with the dissipation) interact. The paper also formulates the dynamics of the electromagnetic field in the medium in a covariant (relativistic) manner. We discuss (and compare) the results, especially from the point of view of the positivity of the energy density.

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