Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2-2004
Abstract
We construct momentum mappings for covariant Hamiltonian field theories using a generalization of symplectic geometry to the bundle LVϒ of vertically adapted linear frames over the bundle of field configurations ϒ. Field momentum observables are vector-valued momentum mappings generated from automorphisms of ϒ, using the (n + k)-symplectic geometry of LVϒ. These momentum observables on LVϒ generalize those in covariant multisymplectic geometry and produce conserved field quantities along flows. Three examples illustrate the utility of these momentum mappings: orthogonal symmetry of a Kaluza-Klein theory generates the conservation of field angular momentum, affine reparametrization symmetry in time-evolution mechanics produces a version of the parallel axis theorem of rotational dynamics, and time reparametrization symmetry in time-evolution mechanics gives us an improvement upon a parallel transport law.
Identifier
10.1016/S0034-4877(04)90002-X
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd.
Repository Citation
Lawson, J.K. (2004). A frame bundle generalization of multisymplectic momentum mappings Reports on Mathematical Physics, 53(1), 19-37. doi:10.1016/S0034-4877(04)90002-X
Publication Information
Reports on Mathematical Physics