Hamiltonian formulation of the Klein–Gordon–Maxwell equations
Vieri Benci
Università di Pisa, ItalyDonato Fortunato
Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Abstract
The nonlinear Klein-Gordon-Maxwell equations (NKGM) provide models for the interaction between the electromagnetic field and matter. The relevance of NKGM relies on the fact that they are the "simplest" gauge theory which is invariant under the group of Poincaré. These equations present the interesting phenomenon of solitons. In this paper, we show that NKGM present an Hamiltonian structure and hence they can be written as equations of the first order in . This fact is not trivial since the Lagrangian does not depend on (see sec. 3.3) and a suitable analysis of its structure is necessary. In the last section, we recall a recent result which states the existence of solitons by using the particular structure of the Hamiltonian.
Cite this article
Vieri Benci, Donato Fortunato, Hamiltonian formulation of the Klein–Gordon–Maxwell equations. Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei Cl. Sci. Fis. Mat. Natur. 22 (2011), no. 2, pp. 113–134
DOI 10.4171/RLM/590