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Reduced Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of Euler-Yang-Mills fluids

Mathematical Physics 2009-03-26 v1 Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

The Lagrangian and Hamiltonian structures for an ideal gauge-charged fluid are determined. Using a Kaluza-Klein point of view, the equations of motion are obtained by Lagrangian and Poisson reductions associated to the automorphism group of a principal bundle. As a consequence of the Lagrangian approach, a Kelvin-Noether theorem is obtained. The Hamiltonian formulation determines a non-canonical Poisson bracket associated to these equations.

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@article{arxiv.0903.4287,
  title  = {Reduced Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of Euler-Yang-Mills fluids},
  author = {François Gay-Balmaz and Tudor S. Ratiu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.4287},
  year   = {2009}
}