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We present a straightforward method for obtaining exact classical and quantum molecular Hamiltonians in terms of arbitrary coordinates. As compared to other approaches the resulting expression are rather compact, the physical meaning of…

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In this paper an approach is proposed to represent a class of dissipative mechanical systems by corresponding infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems. This approach is based upon the following structure: for any non-conservative classical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-08 Tianshu Luo , Yimu Guo

The thermodynamic formalism allows one to access the chaotic properties of equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium systems, by deriving those from a dynamical partition function. The definition that has been given for this partition function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-11-29 Vivien Lecomte , Cécile Appert-Rolland , Frédéric van Wijland

A framework for statistical-mechanical analysis of quantum Hamiltonians is introduced. The approach is based upon a gradient flow equation in the space of Hamiltonians such that the eigenvectors of the initial Hamiltonian evolve toward…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-09-13 Dorje C. Brody , David C. P. Ellis , Darryl D. Holm

Atmospheric systems incorporating thermal dynamics must be stable with respect to both energy and entropy. While energy conservation can be enforced via the preservation of the skew-symmetric structure of the Hamiltonian form of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Kieran Ricardo , David Lee , Kenneth Duru

In systems where one coordinate undergoes periodic oscillation, the net displacement in any other coordinate over a single period is shown to be given by differentiation of the action integral associated with the oscillating coordinate.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Rory J. Perkins , Paul M. Bellan

Common time-explicit numerical methods for kinetic simulations of plasmas in the low-collisions limit fall into two classes of algorithms: momentum conserving and energy conserving. Each has certain drawbacks. The PIC algorithm does not…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 E. G. Evstatiev , B. A. Shadwick

An explanation of the mechanism of irreversible dynamics was offered. The explanation was obtained within the framework of laws of classical mechanics by the expansion of Hamilton formalism. Such expansion consisted in adaptation of it to…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Somsikov

The canonical Hamiltonian $H_C$ of the metric General Relativity is reduced to its natural form. The natural form of canonical Hamiltonian provides numerous advantages in actual applications to the metric GR, since the general theory of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-14 Alexei M. Frolov

Standandard Hamiltonian mechanics in its homogeneous formulation is applied to the study of discontinuities representing rapid changes of Hamiltonians. Different formulations of Hamiltonian mechanics are reviewed. An original representation…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wlodzimierz M. Tulczyjew

In this work we intend to study a class of time-dependent quantum systems with non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, particularly those whose Hermitian counterpart are important for the comprehension of posed problems in quantum optics and quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. de Souza Dutra , M. B. Hott , V. G. C. S dos Santos

As a continuation of Rabei et al. work [11], the Hamilton- Jacobi partial differential equation is generalized to be applicable for systems containing fractional derivatives. The Hamilton- Jacobi function in configuration space is obtained…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Eqab M. Rabei , Bashar S. Ababneh

Classical Hamiltonian mechanics, characterized by a single conserved Hamiltonian (energy) and symplectic geometry, `hides' other invariants into symmetries of the Hamiltonian or into the kernel of the Poisson tensor. Nambu mechanics aims to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Nathan Duignan , Naoki Sato

The present article introduces a generalization of the (multisymplectic) Hamiltonian field theory for a Lagrangian density, allowing the formulation of this kind of field theories for variational problem of more general nature than those…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-09-15 Guadalupe Quijón , Santiago Capriotti

Hamiltonian systems of ordinary and partial differential equations are fundamental mathematical models spanning virtually all physical scales. A critical property for the robustness and stability of computational methods in such systems is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-25 Hsuan-Cheng Wu , Xiantao Li

We introduce a transformation of the quantum phase $S'=S+\frac{\hbar}{2}\log\rho$, which converts the deterministic equations of quantum mechanics into the Lagrangian reference frame of stochastic particles. We show that the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-09 Adam Brownstein

We study the conservation of energy, or lack thereof, when measurements are performed in quantum mechanics. The expectation value of the Hamiltonian of a system can clearly change when wave functions collapse in accordance with the standard…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-18 Sean M. Carroll , Jackie Lodman

Hamilton's equations with noise and friction possess a hidden supersymmetry, valid for time-independent as well as periodically time-dependent systems. It is used to derive topological properties of critical points and periodic trajectories…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Julien Tailleur , Sorin Tanase-Nicola , Jorge Kurchan

We present a quantum algorithm based on repeated measurement to solve initial-value problems for nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs), which may be generated from partial differential equations in plasma physics. We map a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-30 Joseph Andress , Alexander Engel , Yuan Shi , Scott Parker

The indefinite sign of the Hamiltonian constraint means that solutions to Einstein's equations must achieve a delicate balance--often among numerically large terms that nearly cancel. If numerical errors cause a violation of the Hamiltonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Beverly K. Berger