Local Hamiltonian dynamics from non-local action principles and applications to binary systems in general relativity

Fuente: arXiv
Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Blanco, Francisco M.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866910499410542592
author Blanco, Francisco M.
author_facet Blanco, Francisco M.
contents We consider a class of finite-dimensional dynamical systems whose equations of motion are derived from a non-local-in-time action principle. The action functional has a zeroth order piece derived from a local Hamiltonian and a perturbation in the form of a non-local functional of the trajectory on phase space. We prove that the dynamics of these systems admits a local Hamiltonian description to all order in the perturbation and we provide explicit formulae for the $\mathcal{N}^{\text{th}}$ order Hamiltonian and symplectic form in terms of the $(\mathcal{N}-1)^{\text{th}}$ order Hamiltonian flow. In the context of general relativity, these systems arise in the study of binary systems such as pairs of black holes or neutron stars in the small mass-ratio and post-Newtonian approximations. We provide applications of the formalism to binary systems in these regimes.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2406_00106
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Local Hamiltonian dynamics from non-local action principles and applications to binary systems in general relativity
Blanco, Francisco M.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Mathematical Physics
We consider a class of finite-dimensional dynamical systems whose equations of motion are derived from a non-local-in-time action principle. The action functional has a zeroth order piece derived from a local Hamiltonian and a perturbation in the form of a non-local functional of the trajectory on phase space. We prove that the dynamics of these systems admits a local Hamiltonian description to all order in the perturbation and we provide explicit formulae for the $\mathcal{N}^{\text{th}}$ order Hamiltonian and symplectic form in terms of the $(\mathcal{N}-1)^{\text{th}}$ order Hamiltonian flow. In the context of general relativity, these systems arise in the study of binary systems such as pairs of black holes or neutron stars in the small mass-ratio and post-Newtonian approximations. We provide applications of the formalism to binary systems in these regimes.
title Local Hamiltonian dynamics from non-local action principles and applications to binary systems in general relativity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.00106