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José Francisco Pérez-Barragán

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Lagrangian and Multisymplectic Descriptions of Classical Fields: A Connection in the Momentum Representation

The multisymplectic Hamiltonian formalism is a generalization of the Hamiltonian formalism that manifestly preserves covariance in the description of fields and that has been proposed as a possible framework for developing a Lorentz-covariant, canonical quantization scheme. However, the possibility of defining multiple Poisson brackets within this formalism has significantly limited its practical use in field theory. In this paper, we establish a connection between the Lagrangian and multisymplectic descriptions of classical fields interacting with point particles in the field's momentum representation by deriving the image of the de Donder-Weyl function for a general tensor representation of the Lorentz group. The calculation is carried out explicitly for the complex scalar field, the electromagnetic field, and the classical Dirac field. On this basis, we propose a Lorentz-covariant Poisson bracket with respect to the canonical variables of the fields, thereby opening the possibility of studying the complete system within a consistent relativistic and canonical framework.

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Generation of Standing Waves on a Real String

We investigate the generation of standing waves in the model provided by the inhomogeneous telegraph equation under different forcing conditions. We show that sustained standing waves arise only for a specific forcing that is spatially distributed, continuous, and resonant.

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Unified Lorentz-covariant Poisson Bracket for the Electrodynamics of a Point Particle

Using the multisymplectic Hamiltonian formalism, we propose a Poisson bracket for the electromagnetic field that, in addition to satisfying the restricted principle of relativity, reproduces well-established results from the standard formulations of field theories. To this end, it is necessary to translate the multisymplectic description of the system to the field's momentum representation, where a bilinear and Lorentz-covariant form emerges in a straightforward manner. Consequently, we establish a description for a system consisting of an electromagnetic field and a point particle interacting with each other that is based on a single Lorentz-covariant Poisson bracket with respect to all the canonical variables of the system. The results obtained from this proposal offer a solid foundation for the development of a Lorentz-covariant quantization process.

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