Invariant relationships deriving from classical scaling transformations

Details Invariant relationships deriving from classical scaling transformations Invariant relationships deriving from classical scaling transformations

2010-08-24

arxiv.org/abs/1008.4086v2

Physics

Classical Physics

13 pages, 1 table. Followed by 1008.4281

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Because scaling symmetries of the Euler-Lagrange equations are generally not variational symmetries of the action, they do not lead to conservation laws. Instead, an extension of Noether's theorem reduces the equations of motion to evolutionary laws that prove useful, even if the transformations are not generalized symmetries of the equations of motion. In the case of scaling, symmetry leads to a scaling evolutionary law, a ?first-order equation in terms of scale invariants, linearly relating kinematic and dynamic degrees of freedom. This scaling evolutionary law appears in dynamical and in static systems. Applied to dynamical central-force systems, the scaling evolutionary equation leads to generalized virial laws, which linearly connect the kinetic and potential energies. Applied to barotropic hydrostatic spheres, the scaling evolutionary equation linearly connects the gravitational and internal energy densities. This implies well-known properties of polytropes, describing degenerate stars and chemically homogeneous non-degenerate stellar cores.

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