Classical Equations of Motion in Gravitational and Electromagnetic Fields from a Variational Principle

DOI10.1080/1726037X.2006.10698515zbMath1122.83001OpenAlexW2059710341MaRDI QIDQ3429759

Paul Bracken

Publication date: 20 March 2007

Published in: Journal of Dynamical Systems and Geometric Theories (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/1726037x.2006.10698515

zbMATH Keywords

variational principlemotion of charged particles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C50) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

Cites Work

• Some remarks on Lagrangian and Poisson reduction for field theories.
• Geometric mechanics
• Equations of motion from field equations and a gauge-invariant variational principle for the motion of charged particles

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