Hamiltonian structure for classical electrodynamics of a point particle
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Hamiltonian structure for classical electrodynamics of a point particle
zbMATH Open document ID: 0932.70016
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4877(98)80181-X
author: Dariusz Chruściński
published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics
publication date: 2000-03-06T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9712014
review text: It is proved that the electrodynamics of moving particles may be formulated as an infinite dimensional Hamiltonian system with the particle and field variables kept on the same footing. The corresponding quasi-local Hamiltonian structure is obtained via an appropriate Legendre transformation from the quasi-local Lagrangian defined by \textit{J. Kijowski} and the author [Gen. Relativ. Gravitation 27, No. 3, 267--311 (1995; Zbl 0817.53048)] by using a variational formulation of field theory with respect to accelerated reference frames, related to observer moving along arbitrary space-time trajectories. A nontrivial Poisson bracket structure, consistent with the Poincaré algebra structure of the relativistic theory, is defined by using a strongly nondegenerate symplectic structure defined on the phase space of the composed particle+field system.
reviewed by: Nicolae Cotfas
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70H40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37N20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70S05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 70G50
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 78A25
zbMATH DE Number: 1294124
zbMATH Keywords: infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian system
zbMATH Keywords: strongly nondegenerate symplectic structure
zbMATH Keywords: Poisson bracket structure
zbMATH Keywords: Poincaré algebra structure
zbMATH Keywords: Legendre transformation
zbMATH Keywords: phase space
zbMATH Keywords: quasi-local Hamiltonian structure
zbMATH Keywords: quasi-local Lagrangian
zbMATH Keywords: variational formulation of field theory
zbMATH Keywords: accelerated reference frames
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
arXiv ID: physics/9712014
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