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Consider a linear autonomous Hamiltonian system with a time periodic bound state solution. In this paper we study the structural instability of this bound state ^M relative to time almost periodic perturbations which are small, localized…

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We address the problem of a microscopic derivation of the Langevin equation for a weakly relativistic Brownian particle. A non-covariant Hamiltonian model is adopted, in which the free motion of particles is described relativistically,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. V. Plyukhin

We start by formulating geometrically the Newton's law for a classical free particle in terms of Riemannian geometry, as pattern for subsequent developments. In fact, we use this scheme for further generalisation devoted to a constrained…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Modugno , R. Vitolo

The different forms of the Hamiltonian formulations of linearized General Relativity/spin-two theories are discussed in order to show their similarities and differences. It is demonstrated that in the linear model, non-covariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-18 K. R. Green , N. Kiriushcheva , S. V. Kuzmin

We construct stationary flat three-dimensional Lorentzian manifolds with singularities that are obtained from Euclidean surfaces with cone singularities and closed one-forms on these surfaces. In the application to (2+1)-gravity, these…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-03-20 Thierry Barbot , Catherine Meusburger

Causal fermion systems are introduced as a general mathematical framework for formulating relativistic quantum theory. By specializing, we recover earlier notions like fermion systems in discrete space-time, the fermionic projector and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 Felix Finster , Andreas Grotz , Daniela Schiefeneder

In relativistic quantum mechanics, elementary particles are described by irreducible unitary representations of the Poincare group. The same applies to the center-of-mass kinematics of a multi-particle system that is not subject to external…

General Physics · Physics 2013-03-22 Walter Smilga

A general method of the Foldy-Wouthyusen (FW) transformation for relativistic particles of arbitrary spin in strong external fields has been developed. The use of the found transformation operator is not restricted by any definite…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-10-31 Alexander J. Silenko

Hamiltonian perturbation theory is used to analyse the stability of f(R) models. The Hamiltonian equations for the metric and its momentum conjugate are written for f(R) Lagrangian in the presence of perfect fluid matter. The perturbations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-29 Tuomas Multamäki , Jaakko Vainio , Iiro Vilja

The Ricci curvature equations are a central subject of study in geometry. However, in the smooth real case, their linear analysis is often confined to settings in which the background metric is Einstein. In this paper, we establish…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2026-05-12 Roee Leder

We derive relativistic equations for charged and neutral spin particles. The approach for higher-spin particles is based on generalizations of the Bargmann-Wigner formalism. Next, we study, what new physical information can the introduction…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-07-02 Valeri V. Dvoeglazov

Using the Cartan formulation of General Relativity, we construct a well defined lattice-regularized theory capable to describe large non-perturbative quantum fluctuations of the frame field (or the metric) and of the spin connection. To…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-09-02 Dmitri Diakonov

We derive the kinematic Hamiltonian for the so-called "new general relativity" class of teleparallel gravity theories, which is the most general class of theories whose Lagrangian is quadratic in the torsion tensor and does not contain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-06 Daniel Blixt , Manuel Hohmann , Christian Pfeifer

The motion of spinning relativistic particles in external electromagnetic and gravitational fields is considered. A simple derivation of the spin interaction with gravitational field is presented. The self-consistent description of the spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-08-12 I. B. Khriplovich

These notes were delivered as a series of NIMROD lectures at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory by the author in February 1976 (RL-76-022). The purpose of these lectures was primarily two-fold: to discuss the classical theory of free point…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-28 R. W. Tucker

The four-dimensional gauge group of general relativity corresponds to arbitrary coordinate transformations on a four-manifold. Theories of gravity with a dynamical structure remarkably like Einstein's theory can be obtained on the basis of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Julian Barbour , Niall O Murchadha

We study the action and the dynamics of a relativistic particle, uncharged or charged, in multiscale spacetimes. Invariance under reparametrizations and Poincar\'e symmetries uniquely determine the action and the line element to be the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-09-05 Gianluca Calcagni

Classical description of relativistic pointlike particle with intrinsic degrees of freedom such as isospin or colour is proposed. It is based on the Lagrangian of general form defined on the tangent bundle over a principal fibre bundle. It…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-24 A. Duviryak

Semi-Riemannian manifolds that satisfy (homogeneous) linear differential conditions of arbitrary order on the curvature are analyzed. They include, in particular, the spaces with (higher-order) recurrent curvature, (higher-order) symmetric…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-24 José M. M. Senovilla

We show that Wigner's infinite spin particle classically is described by a reparametrization invariant higher order geometrical Lagrangian. The model exhibit unconventional features like tachyonic behaviour and momenta proportional to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Ludde Edgren , Robert Marnelius , Per Salomonson