English
Related papers

Related papers: On the Dirac Approach to Constrained Dissipative D…

200 papers

We analyze the canonical treatment of classical constrained mechanical systems formulated with a discrete time. We prove that under very general conditions, it is possible to introduce nonsingular canonical transformations that preserve the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Cayetano Di Bartolo , Rodolfo Gambini , Rafael Porto , Jorge Pullin

In this work, we investigate a Lagrangian model describing a particle constrained to move along non-degenerate conic sections, parameterized by the orbital eccentricity \( e \). In the non-relativistic regime, we apply the Dirac--Bergmann…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-01 Alejandro G. Andarcia-Caballero , Jaime Manuel-Cabrera , Luis G. Romero-Hernández , Jorge M. Paulin-Fuentes

We propose a new method of quantization of a wide class of dynamical systems that originates directly from the equations of motion. The method is based on the correspondence between the classical and the quantum Poisson brackets, postulated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. D. Vol

In this paper, we present a detailed review/analysis of the Dirac quantisation of Hamiltonian systems with constraints. To this end, we use, as a guide, the physical example provided by the dynamics of a solid ball rolling, without…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 M. F. Araujo de Resende , Thales Machado F

The concept of a Dirac algebroid, which is a linear almost Dirac structure on a vector bundle, was designed to generate phase equations for mechanical systems with linear nonholonomic constraints. We apply it to systems with magnetic-like…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-05-01 Katarzyna Grabowska , Michalina Borczyńska , Joanna Majsak , Tomasz Sobczak

In the study of alternative or extended theories of gravity, Dirac's Hamiltonian constraint algorithm is invaluable for enumerating the propagating modes and gauge symmetries. For gravity, this canonical approach is frequently applied as a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Will Barker

Although conservative Hamiltonian systems with constraints can be formulated in terms of Dirac structures, a more general framework is necessary to cover also dissipative systems such as gradient and metriplectic systems with constraints.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-03-05 Ünver Çiftçi

We study the theory of systems with constraints from the point of view of the formal theory of partial differential equations. For finite-dimensional systems we show that the Dirac algorithm completes the equations of motion to an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Werner M. Seiler , Robin W. Tucker

In this paper, we propose the concept of $(\pm)$-discrete Dirac structures over a manifold, where we define $(\pm)$-discrete two-forms on the manifold and incorporate discrete constraints using $(\pm)$-finite difference maps. Specifically,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Linyu Peng , Hiroaki Yoshimura

In purely non-dissipative systems, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian reduction have proven to be powerful tools for deriving physical models with exact conservation laws. We have discovered a hint that an analogous reduction method exists also for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-08-19 Eero Hirvijoki , Joshua W. Burby

We extend a previously successful discussion of the constrained Schr\"{o}dinger system through the Dirac--Bergmann algorithm to the case of the Dirac field. In order to follow the analogy, first we discuss the classical Dirac field as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-28 Bence Juhász , László Árpád Gergely

An inclusive framework for joined Hamiltonian and dissipative dynamical systems, which preserve energy and produce entropy, is given. The dissipative dynamics of the framework is based on the metriplectic 4-bracket, a quantity like the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-10-24 Philip J. Morrison , Michael H. Updike

We study dissipative dynamics constructed by means of non-commutative Dirichlet forms for various lattice systems with multiparticle interactions associated to CCR algebras. We give a number of explicit examples of such models. Using an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Shreya Mehta , Boguslaw Zegarlinski

We consider the problem of constrained motion along a conic path under a given external potential function. The model is described as a second-class system capturing the behavior of a certain class of specific quantum field theories. By…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 R. L. Caires , S. L. Oliveira , R. Thibes

The derivation of the brackets among coordinates and momenta for classical constrained systems is a necessary step toward their quantization. Here we present a new approach for the determination of the classical brackets which does neither…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Zahir Belhadi , Ferhat Ménas , Alain Bérard , Herve Mohrbach

This paper shows that various relevant dynamical systems can be described as vector fields associated to smooth functions via a bracket that defines what we call a Leibniz structure. We show that gradient flows, some dissipative systems,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Juan-Pablo Ortega , Victor Planas-Bielsa

The Hamiltonian structures of the incompressible ideal fluid, including entropy advection, and magnetohydrodynamics are investigated by making use of Dirac's theory of constrained Hamiltonian systems. A Dirac bracket for these systems is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Cristel Chandre , Philip J. Morrison , Emanuele Tassi

We present the Dirac Hamiltonian formalism for a pair of $1$-form fields with a topological-like potential coupled to first-order gravity in three-dimensional spacetime. By considering the complete phase space, we derive the full structure…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-13 Omar Rodríguez-Tzompantzi

Metriplectic dynamics couple a Poisson bracket of the Hamiltonian description with a kind of metric bracket, for describing systems with both Hamiltonian and dissipative components. The construction builds in asymptotic convergence to a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Massimo Materassi , Philip J. Morrison

In this work, we find the Poisson superalgebras related to schemes of quantization. Initially, we consider the Dirac superbracket in the context of the quantization of constrained systems. Next, we show the existence of a Poisson…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Marco A. S. Trindade