334 research outputs found
Dynamics of a self gravitating light-like matter shell: a gauge-invariant Lagrangian and Hamiltonian description
A complete Lagrangian and Hamiltonian description of the theory of
self-gravitating light-like matter shells is given in terms of
gauge-independent geometric quantities. For this purpose the notion of an
extrinsic curvature for a null-like hypersurface is discussed and the
corresponding Gauss-Codazzi equations are proved. These equations imply Bianchi
identities for spacetimes with null-like, singular curvature. Energy-momentum
tensor-density of a light-like matter shell is unambiguously defined in terms
of an invariant matter Lagrangian density. Noether identity and
Belinfante-Rosenfeld theorem for such a tensor-density are proved. Finally, the
Hamiltonian dynamics of the interacting system: ``gravity + matter'' is derived
from the total Lagrangian, the latter being an invariant scalar density.Comment: 20 pages, RevTeX4, no figure
Unconstrained Hamiltonian formulation of General Relativity with thermo-elastic sources
A new formulation of the Hamiltonian dynamics of the gravitational field
interacting with(non-dissipative) thermo-elastic matter is discussed. It is
based on a gauge condition which allows us to encode the six degrees of freedom
of the ``gravity + matter''-system (two gravitational and four
thermo-mechanical ones), together with their conjugate momenta, in the
Riemannian metric q_{ij} and its conjugate ADM momentum P^{ij}. These variables
are not subject to constraints. We prove that the Hamiltonian of this system is
equal to the total matter entropy. It generates uniquely the dynamics once
expressed as a function of the canonical variables. Any function U obtained in
this way must fulfil a system of three, first order, partial differential
equations of the Hamilton-Jacobi type in the variables (q_{ij},P^{ij}). These
equations are universal and do not depend upon the properties of the material:
its equation of state enters only as a boundary condition. The well posedness
of this problem is proved. Finally, we prove that for vanishing matter density,
the value of U goes to infinity almost everywhere and remains bounded only on
the vacuum constraints. Therefore the constrained, vacuum Hamiltonian (zero on
constraints and infinity elsewhere) can be obtained as the limit of a ``deep
potential well'' corresponding to non-vanishing matter. This unconstrained
description of Hamiltonian General Relativity can be useful in numerical
calculations as well as in the canonical approach to Quantum Gravity.Comment: 29 pages, TeX forma
On the Multimomentum Bundles and the Legendre Maps in Field Theories
We study the geometrical background of the Hamiltonian formalism of
first-order Classical Field Theories. In particular, different proposals of
multimomentum bundles existing in the usual literature (including their
canonical structures) are analyzed and compared. The corresponding Legendre
maps are introduced. As a consequence, the definition of regular and
almost-regular Lagrangian systems is reviewed and extended from different but
equivalent ways.Comment: LaTeX file, 19 pages. Replaced with the published version. Minor
mistakes are correcte
Linear Form of Canonical Gravity
Recent work in the literature has shown that general relativity can be
formulated in terms of a jet bundle which, in local coordinates, has five
entries: local coordinates on Lorentzian space-time, tetrads, connection
one-forms, multivelocities corresponding to the tetrads and multivelocities
corresponding to the connection one-forms. The derivatives of the Lagrangian
with respect to the latter class of multivelocities give rise to a set of
multimomenta which naturally occur in the constraint equations. Interestingly,
all the constraint equations of general relativity are linear in terms of this
class of multimomenta. This construction has been then extended to complex
general relativity, where Lorentzian space-time is replaced by a
four-complex-dimensional complex-Riemannian manifold. One then finds a
holomorphic theory where the familiar constraint equations are replaced by a
set of equations linear in the holomorphic multimomenta, providing such
multimomenta vanish on a family of two-complex-dimensional surfaces. In quantum
gravity, the problem arises to quantize a real or a holomorphic theory on the
extended space where the multimomenta can be defined.Comment: 5 pages, plain-te
Characterizing Multiple Solutions to the Time - Energy Canonical Commutation Relation via Internal Symmetries
Internal symmetries can be used to classify multiple solutions to the time
energy canonical commutation relation (TE-CCR). The dynamical behavior of
solutions to the TE-CCR posessing particular internal symmetries involving time
reversal differ significantly from solutions to the TE-CCR without those
particular symmetries, implying a connection between the internal symmetries of
a quantum system, its internal unitary dynamics, and the TE-CCR.Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review A, 10 page
Mechanics of multidimensional isolated horizons
Recently a multidimensional generalization of Isolated Horizon framework has
been proposed by Lewandowski and Pawlowski (gr-qc/0410146). Therein the
geometric description was easily generalized to higher dimensions and the
structure of the constraints induced by the Einstein equations was analyzed. In
particular, the geometric version of the zeroth law of the black hole
thermodynamics was proved. In this work we show how the IH mechanics can be
formulated in a dimension--independent fashion and derive the first law of BH
thermodynamics for arbitrary dimensional IH. We also propose a definition of
energy for non--rotating horizons.Comment: 25 pages, 4 figures (eps), last sections revised, acknowledgements
and a section about the gauge invariance of introduced quantities added;
typos corrected, footnote 4 on page 9 adde
Quantum time of flight distribution for cold trapped atoms
The time of flight distribution for a cloud of cold atoms falling freely
under gravity is considered. We generalise the probability current density
approach to calculate the quantum arrival time distribution for the mixed state
describing the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of velocities for the falling
atoms. We find an empirically testable difference between the time of flight
distribution calculated using the quantum probability current and that obtained
from a purely classical treatment which is usually employed in analysing time
of flight measurements. The classical time of flight distribution matches with
the quantum distribution in the large mass and high temperature limits.Comment: 6 pages, RevTex, 4 eps figure
On the k-Symplectic, k-Cosymplectic and Multisymplectic Formalisms of Classical Field Theories
The objective of this work is twofold: First, we analyze the relation between
the k-cosymplectic and the k-symplectic Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formalisms
in classical field theories. In particular, we prove the equivalence between
k-symplectic field theories and the so-called autonomous k-cosymplectic field
theories, extending in this way the description of the symplectic formalism of
autonomous systems as a particular case of the cosymplectic formalism in
non-autonomous mechanics. Furthermore, we clarify some aspects of the geometric
character of the solutions to the Hamilton-de Donder-Weyl and the
Euler-Lagrange equations in these formalisms. Second, we study the equivalence
between k-cosymplectic and a particular kind of multisymplectic Hamiltonian and
Lagrangian field theories (those where the configuration bundle of the theory
is trivial).Comment: 25 page
Gravitation, electromagnetism and cosmological constant in purely affine gravity
The Ferraris-Kijowski purely affine Lagrangian for the electromagnetic field,
that has the form of the Maxwell Lagrangian with the metric tensor replaced by
the symmetrized Ricci tensor, is dynamically equivalent to the metric
Einstein-Maxwell Lagrangian, except the zero-field limit, for which the metric
tensor is not well-defined. This feature indicates that, for the
Ferraris-Kijowski model to be physical, there must exist a background field
that depends on the Ricci tensor. The simplest possibility, supported by recent
astronomical observations, is the cosmological constant, generated in the
purely affine formulation of gravity by the Eddington Lagrangian. In this paper
we combine the electromagnetic field and the cosmological constant in the
purely affine formulation. We show that the sum of the two affine (Eddington
and Ferraris-Kijowski) Lagrangians is dynamically inequivalent to the sum of
the analogous (CDM and Einstein-Maxwell) Lagrangians in the
metric-affine/metric formulation. We also show that such a construction is
valid, like the affine Einstein-Born-Infeld formulation, only for weak
electromagnetic fields, on the order of the magnetic field in outer space of
the Solar System. Therefore the purely affine formulation that combines
gravity, electromagnetism and cosmological constant cannot be a simple sum of
affine terms corresponding separately to these fields. A quite complicated form
of the affine equivalent of the metric Einstein-Maxwell- Lagrangian
suggests that Nature can be described by a simpler affine Lagrangian, leading
to modifications of the Einstein-Maxwell-CDM theory for
electromagnetic fields that contribute to the spacetime curvature on the same
order as the cosmological constant.Comment: 17 pages, extended and combined with gr-qc/0612193; published versio
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