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In this article, we investigate the gyrokinetic limit for the two dimensional Vlasov-Poisson system with multi-point charges. We show that the solution converges to a measure-valued solution of the Euler equation with a defect measure,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Jingpeng Wu

By embedding Einstein's original formulation of GR into a broader context we show that a dynamic covariant description of gravitational stress-energy emerges naturally from a variational principle. A tensor $T^G$ is constructed from a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Dereli , R. W. Tucker

This paper presents a geometric-variational approach to continuous and discrete mechanics and field theories. Using multisymplectic geometry, we show that the existence of the fundamental geometric structures as well as their preservation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jerrold E. Marsden , George W. Patrick , Steve Shkoller

The derivation of the Maxwell equations is reproduced whereby magnetic charges are included. This ansatz yields the results: 1) Longitudinal Ampere forces in a differential magnetostatic force law are improbable. Otherwise an electric…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. D. Bauer

A new computational method to solve the hyperbolic (Vlasov) equation and the elliptic (Poisson-like) equation at the polar axis is proposed. It is shown that the value of a scalar function at the polar axis can be predicted by its…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-09-30 Tiannan Wu , Zihao Wang , Shaojie Wang

For explicitly time depending mass density, which satisfies a continuity equation, it is shown that Maxwell-like equations for gravitational field follow naturally without any need of General Relativity Theory approximation or related…

General Physics · Physics 2017-11-23 Gustavo V. Lopez

A method is presented for constructing energy-conserving Galerkin approximations in the vertical coordinate of the full quasigeostrophic model with active surface buoyancy. The derivation generalizes the approach of Rocha \emph{et al.}…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Matthew Watwood , Ian Grooms , Keith Julien , K. Shafer Smith

Noether's theorem connects symmetries to invariants in continuous systems, however its extension to discrete systems has remained elusive. Recognizing the lowest-order finite difference as the foundation of local continuity, a viable method…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-04 Samuel Richard Totorica

The Gas-Kinetic Scheme (GKS), widely used in computational fluid dynamics for simulating hypersonic and other complicated flow phenomena, is extended in this work to electromagnetic problems by solving Maxwell's equations. In contrast to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Zhigang Pu , Wenpei Long , Kun Xu

On the basis of a non-local Lagrangian for Maxwell equations in a dispersive medium, the energy-momentum tensor of the field is derived. We obtain the Field equations through variational methods and an extension of Noether theorem for a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Carlos Heredia , Josep Llosa

The Hamiltonian structure of the guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell equations is presented in terms of a Hamiltonian functional and a guiding-center Vlasov-Maxwell bracket. The bracket, which is shown to satisfy the Jacobi identity exactly, is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-10-27 Alain J. Brizard

In axion-Maxwell theory at the minimal axion-photon coupling, we find non-invertible 0- and 1-form global symmetries arising from the naive shift and center symmetries. Since the Gauss law is anomalous, there is no conserved,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-19 Yichul Choi , Ho Tat Lam , Shu-Heng Shao

The standard derivations of electromagnetic energy and momentum in media take Maxwell's equations as the starting point. It is well known that for dispersive media this approach does not directly yield exact expressions for the energy and…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-19 T. G. Philbin

In the spirit of analog models of and for general relativity, we explore the isomorphism between the equations of linearized turbulent fluid flow and those of the linearized form of GR, gravitoelectromagnetism. The correspondence between…

General Physics · Physics 2009-02-07 H. E. Puthoff

A lattice Maxwell system is developed with gauge-symmetry, symplectic structure and discrete space-time symmetry. Noether's theorem for Lie group symmetries is generalized to discrete symmetries for the lattice Maxwell system. As a result,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-09-28 Jianyuan Xiao , Hong Qin , Yuan Shi , Jian Liu , Ruili Zhang

By choosing appropriate deformed Maxwellian ion and electron distribution functions depending on the two particle constants of motion, i.e. the energy and toroidal angular momentum, we reduce the Vlasov axisymmetric equilibrium problem for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Ap Kuiroukidis , G. N. Throumoulopoulos , H. Tasso

Strict mathematics reveals that the strict solution of a Vlasov-Maxwell equation set cannot be of a zero-temperature mathematical form. This universal property of Vlasov-Maxwell system can lead to a closed equation set of three macroscopic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-03-03 H. Lin

The problem posed by the possible existence/non-existence of spatially non-symmetric kinetic equilibria has remained unsolved in plasma theory. For collisionless magnetized plasmas this involves the construction of stationary solutions of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-04 Claudio Cremaschini , Massimo Tessarotto

Hamilton's principle plays a central role in fluid mechanics as a fundamental tool for deriving governing equations, analyzing conservation laws, and designing structure-preserving numerical schemes. However, its classical formulation is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-23 François Gay-Balmaz , Cheng Yang

The scope of this paper is twofold. First, we derive rigorously a low-velocity and Galilei-covariant limit of the gravitoelectromagnetic (GEM) equations. Subsequently, these reduced GEM equations are coupled to the Schr\"odinger equation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 Giovanni Manfredi