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We develop a Hamiltonian theory for a time dispersive and dissipative (TDD) inhomogeneous medium, as described by a linear response equation respecting causality and power dissipation. The canonical Hamiltonian constructed here exactly…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-04-24 A. Figotin , J. H. Schenker

In this paper, non-Hamiltonian systems with holonomic constraints are treated by a generalization of Dirac's formalism. Non-Hamiltonian phase space flows can be described by generalized antisymmetric brackets or by general Liouville…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Alessandro Sergi

We study the massless Dirac field on the line in the presence of a point-like defect characterised by a unitary scattering matrix, that allows both reflection and transmission. Considering this system in its ground state, we derive the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-15 Mihail Mintchev , Erik Tonni

We consider the asymptotic evolution of a relativistic spin-1/2-particle. i.e. a particle whose wavefunction satisfies the Dirac equation with external static potential. We prove that the probability for the particle crossing a (detector)…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Duerr , P. Pickl

We obtain a complete solution to the problem of classifying all two-dimensional ideal fluid flows with harmonic Lagrangian labelling maps; thus, we explicitly provide all solutions, with the specified structural property, to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Olivia Constantin , María Martín

Using the example of a Dirac particle in external static fields, Dirac theory is reformulated as a one-particle quantum theory in the space of normalized two-component spinors. In this formulation, the Dirac operator ``splits'' into two…

General Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 N. L. Chuprikov

Two dimensional massless Dirac Hamiltonian under the influence of hyperbolic magnetic fields is mentioned in curved space. Using a spherical surface parametrization, the Dirac operator on the sphere is presented and the system is given as…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-01 Özlem Yeşiltaş

One propose a relativistic version of the transfer matrix method for an electron moving through a given number of rectangular barriers of arbitrary shape. It is shown that starting with the Dirac equation depending on the effective mass and…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Ion I. Cotaescu , Paul Gravila , Marius Paulescu

We discuss two different methods of obtaining ``effective $2 \times 2$ Hamiltonians'' of the electromagnetic interaction which include relativistic corrections. One is the standard Foldy--Wouthuysen transformation which we compare with the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 S. Scherer , G. I. Poulis , H. W. Fearing

We present Dirac's method for using dual potentials to solve classical electrodynamics for an oppositely charged pair of particles, with a view to extending these techniques to non-Abelian gauge theories.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-09-25 M. Baker , James S. Ball , F. Zachariasen

In the present work we establish a simple relation between the Dirac equation with a scalar and an electromagnetic potentials in a two-dimensional case and a pair of decoupled Vekua equations. In general these Vekua equations are bicomplex.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Antonio Castaneda , Vladislav V. Kravchenko

We present a systematic approach for the separation of variables for the two-dimensional Dirac equation in polar coordinates. The three vector potential, which couple to the Dirac spinor via minimal coupling, along with the scalar potential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-05-06 Hocine Bahlouli , Ahmed Jellal , Youness Zahidi

Two Hamiltonian formulations of General Relativity, due to Pirani, Schild and Skinner (Phys. Rev. 87, 452, 1952) and Dirac (Proc. Roy. Soc. A 246, 333, 1958), are considered. Both formulations, despite having different expressions for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-15 A. M. Frolov , N. Kiriushcheva , S. V. Kuzmin

Let $(M,g(t))$ be a solution to the Ricci flow on a closed Riemannian manifold. In this paper, we prove differential Harnack inequalities for positive solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations of the type $$\ppt f=\Delta f-f \ln f +Rf.$$…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-06-04 Xiaodong Cao , Zhou Zhang

In this paper, we study small perturbations of a class of non-convex integrable Hamiltonians with two degrees of freedom, and we prove a result of diffusion for an open and dense set of perturbations, with an optimal time of diffusion which…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-11-11 Abed Bounemoura , Vadim Kaloshin

We consider the representations of the optical Dirac equation, especially ones where the Hamiltonian is purely real-valued. This is equivalent, for Maxwell's equations, to the Majorana representation of the massless Dirac (Weyl) equation.…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-15 Mark R Dennis , Teuntje Tijssen , Michael Morgan

We developed the spacetime-covariant Hamilton principle for barotropic flows of a perfect fluid in the external axial-vector potential conjugate to the helicity current. Such flows carry helicity, a chiral imbalance, controlled by the axial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-01 P. B. Wiegmann

The classical and relativistic Hamilton-Jacobi approach is applied to the one-dimensional homogeneous potential, $V(q)=\alpha q^n$, where $\alpha$ and $n$ are continuously varying parameters. In the non-relativistic case, the exact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 R. C. Santos , J. Santos , J. A. S. Lima

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

We present a large class of non-Hermitian non-PT-symmetric two-component Dirac Hamiltoninas with real energy spectra. These Hamiltonians are invariant under the combined action of "charge" conjugation (two-component transpose) and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-16 A. D. Alhaidari