Lagrangian Noether symmetries as canonical transformations

Details Lagrangian Noether symmetries as canonical transformations Lagrangian Noether symmetries as canonical transformations

2000-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0012094v1

Int.J.Mod.Phys. A16 (2001) 3897-3914

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

LaTeX, 17 pages

Scientific paper

10.1142/S0217751X01005122

We prove that, given a time-independent Lagrangian defined in the first tangent bundle of configuration space, every infinitesimal Noether symmetry that is defined in the $n$-tangent bundle and is not vanishing on-shell, can be written as a canonical symmetry in an enlarged phase space, up to constraints that vanish on-shell. The proof is performed by the implementation of a change of variables from the the $n$-tangent bundle of the Lagrangian theory to an extension of the Hamiltonian formalism which is particularly suited for the case when the Lagrangian is singular. This result proves the assertion that any Noether symmetry can be canonically realized in an enlarged phase space. Then we work out the regular case as a particular application of this ideas and rederive the Noether identities in this framework. Finally we present an example to illustrate our results.

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