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Title: Dissipation and topologically massive gauge theories in the pseudo-Euclidean plane

Abstract

In pseudo-Euclidean metrics the Chern{endash}Simons gauge theory in the infrared region is found to be associated with dissipative dynamics. In the infrared limit the Lagrangian of (2+1)-dimensional pseudo-euclidean topologically massive electrodynamics has indeed the same form as the Lagrangian of the damped harmonic oscillator. On the hyperbolic plane a set of two damped harmonic oscillators, each time-reversed from the other, is shown to be equivalent to a single undamped harmonic oscillator. The equations for the damped oscillators are proven to be the same as the ones for the Lorentz force acting on two particles carrying opposite charge in a constant magnetic field and in the electric harmonic potential. This provides an immediate link with Chern{endash}Simons-like dynamics of Bloch electrons in solids propagating along the lattice plane with a hyperbolic energy surface. The symplectic structure of the reduced theory is finally discussed in the Dirac constrained canonical formalism and in the Faddeev{endash}Jackiw symplectic formalism. Copyright {copyright} 1996 Academic Press, Inc.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Salerno, 84100 Salerno, (Italy) and INFN Gruppo Collegato Salerno
  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow 141980 (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
486548
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Annals of Physics (New York)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 252; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: PBD: Nov 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
66 PHYSICS; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; CLASSICAL MECHANICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; BLOCH THEORY; TOPOLOGY

Citation Formats

Blasone, M, Graziano, E, Pashaev, O K, and Vitiello, G. Dissipation and topologically massive gauge theories in the pseudo-Euclidean plane. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.1006/aphy.1996.0126.
Blasone, M, Graziano, E, Pashaev, O K, & Vitiello, G. Dissipation and topologically massive gauge theories in the pseudo-Euclidean plane. United States. https://doi.org/10.1006/aphy.1996.0126
Blasone, M, Graziano, E, Pashaev, O K, and Vitiello, G. 1996. "Dissipation and topologically massive gauge theories in the pseudo-Euclidean plane". United States. https://doi.org/10.1006/aphy.1996.0126.
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title = {Dissipation and topologically massive gauge theories in the pseudo-Euclidean plane},
author = {Blasone, M and Graziano, E and Pashaev, O K and Vitiello, G},
abstractNote = {In pseudo-Euclidean metrics the Chern{endash}Simons gauge theory in the infrared region is found to be associated with dissipative dynamics. In the infrared limit the Lagrangian of (2+1)-dimensional pseudo-euclidean topologically massive electrodynamics has indeed the same form as the Lagrangian of the damped harmonic oscillator. On the hyperbolic plane a set of two damped harmonic oscillators, each time-reversed from the other, is shown to be equivalent to a single undamped harmonic oscillator. The equations for the damped oscillators are proven to be the same as the ones for the Lorentz force acting on two particles carrying opposite charge in a constant magnetic field and in the electric harmonic potential. This provides an immediate link with Chern{endash}Simons-like dynamics of Bloch electrons in solids propagating along the lattice plane with a hyperbolic energy surface. The symplectic structure of the reduced theory is finally discussed in the Dirac constrained canonical formalism and in the Faddeev{endash}Jackiw symplectic formalism. Copyright {copyright} 1996 Academic Press, Inc.},
doi = {10.1006/aphy.1996.0126},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/486548}, journal = {Annals of Physics (New York)},
number = 1,
volume = 252,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
}