The kinetic term #
i. Overview #
The kinetic term of the electromagnetic field is - 1/(4 μ₀) F_μν F^μν.
We define this, show it is invariant under Lorentz transformations,
and show properties of its variational gradient.
In particular the variational gradient gradKineticTerm of the kinetic term
is directly related to Gauss's law and the Ampere law.
In this implementation we have set μ₀ = 1. It is a TODO to introduce this constant.
ii. Key results #
ElectromagneticPotential.kineticTermis the kinetic term of an electromagnetic potential.ElectromagneticPotential.kineticTerm_equivariantshows that the kinetic term is Lorentz invariant.ElectromagneticPotential.gradKineticTermis the variational gradient of the kinetic term.ElectromagneticPotential.gradKineticTerm_eq_electric_magneticgives a first expression for the variational gradient in terms of the electric and magnetic fields.
iii. Table of contents #
- A. The kinetic term
- A.1. Lorentz invariance of the kinetic term
- A.2. Kinetic term simplified expressions
- A.3. The kinetic term in terms of the electric and magnetic fields
- A.4. The kinetic term in terms of the electric and magnetic matrix
- A.5. The kinetic term for constant fields
- A.6. Smoothness of the kinetic term
- A.7. The kinetic term shifted by time mul a constant
- B. Variational gradient of the kinetic term
- B.1. Variational gradient in terms of fderiv
- B.2. Writing the variational gradient as a sums over double derivatives of the potential
- B.3. Variational gradient as a sums over fieldStrengthMatrix
- B.4. Variational gradient in terms of the Gauss's and Ampère laws
- B.5. Linearity properties of the variational gradient
- B.6. HasVarGradientAt for the variational gradient
iv. References #
A. The kinetic term #
The kinetic term is - 1/(4 μ₀) F_μν F^μν. We define this and show that it is
Lorentz invariant.
The kinetic energy from an electromagnetic potential.
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A.1. Lorentz invariance of the kinetic term #
We show that the kinetic energy is Lorentz invariant.
A.2. Kinetic term simplified expressions #
A.3. The kinetic term in terms of the electric and magnetic fields #
A.4. The kinetic term in terms of the electric and magnetic matrix #
A.5. The kinetic term for constant fields #
A.6. Smoothness of the kinetic term #
A.7. The kinetic term shifted by time mul a constant #
This result is used in finding the canonical momentum.
B. Variational gradient of the kinetic term #
We define the variational gradient of the kinetic term, which is the left-hand side of Gauss's law and Ampère's law in vacuum.
The variational gradient of the kinetic term of an electromagnetic potential.
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B.1. Variational gradient in terms of fderiv #
We give a first simplification of the variational gradient in terms of the
a complicated expression involving fderiv. This is not very useful in itself,
but acts as a starting point for further simplifications.
B.2. Writing the variational gradient as a sums over double derivatives of the potential #
We rewrite the variational gradient as a simple double sum over second derivatives of the potential.
B.3. Variational gradient as a sums over fieldStrengthMatrix #
We rewrite the variational gradient as a simple double sum over the fieldStrengthMatrix.
B.4. Variational gradient in terms of the Gauss's and Ampère laws #
We rewrite the variational gradient in terms of the electric and magnetic fields, explicitly relating it to Gauss's law and Ampère's law.