Hamiltonian treatment of time dispersive and dissipative media within the linear response theory

DOI10.1016/J.CAM.2006.01.038zbMATH Open1126.78006arXivphysics/0410127OpenAlexW2152168750MaRDI QIDQ883442FDOQ883442

Jeffrey H. Schenker, Alexander Figotin

Publication date: 4 June 2007

Published in: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We develop a Hamiltonian theory for a time dispersive and dissipative (TDD) inhomogeneous medium, as described by a linear response equation respecting causality and power dissipation. The canonical Hamiltonian constructed here exactly reproduces the original dissipative evolution after integrating out auxiliary fields. In particular, for a dielectric medium we obtain a simple formula for the Hamiltonian and closed form expressions for the energy density and energy flux involving the auxiliary fields. The developed approach also allows to treat a long standing problem of scattering from a lossy non-spherical obstacle and, more generally, wave propagation in TDD media.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0410127

zbMATH Keywords

scatteringradiationHamiltonian theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Waves and radiation in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A40)

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