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The explanation of thermodynamics through geometric models was initiated by seminal figures such as Carnot, Gibbs, Duhem, Reeb, and Carathéodory. Only recently, however, has the symplectic foliation model, introduced within the domain of geometric statistical mechanics, provided a geometric definition of entropy as an invariant Casimir function on symplectic leaves—specifically, the coadjoint orbits of the Lie group acting on the system, where these orbits are interpreted as level sets of entropy. We present a symplectic foliation interpretation of thermodynamics, based on Jean-Marie Souriau’s Lie group thermodynamics. This model offers a Lie algebra cohomological characterization of entropy, viewed as an invariant Casimir function in the coadjoint representation. The dual space of the Lie algebra is foliated into coadjoint orbits, which are identified with the level sets of entropy. Within the framework of thermodynamics, dynamics on symplectic leaves—described by the Poisson bracket—are associated with non-dissipative phenomena. Conversely, on the transversal Riemannian foliation (defined by the level sets of energy), the dynamics, characterized by the metric flow bracket, induce entropy production as transitions occur from one symplectic leaf to another. Full article

We study an interesting superization problem of integrable nonlinear dynamical systems on functional manifolds. As an example, we considered a quantum many-particle Schrödinger–Davydov model on the axis, whose quasi-classical reduction proved to be a completely integrable Hamiltonian system on a smooth functional manifold. We checked that the so-called “naive” approach, based on the superization of the related phase space variables via extending the corresponding Poisson brackets upon the related functional supermanifold, fails to retain the dynamical system super-integrability. Moreover, we demonstrated that there exists a wide class of classical Lax-type integrable nonlinear dynamical systems on axes in relation to which a superization scheme consists in a reasonable superization of the related Lax-type representation by means of passing from the basic algebra of pseudo-differential operators on the axis to the corresponding superalgebra of super-pseudodifferential operators on the superaxis. Full article

A topological constraint, characterized by the Casimir invariant, imparts non-trivial structures in a complex system. We construct a kinetic theory in a constrained phase space (infinite-dimensional function space of macroscopic fields), and characterize a self-organized structure as a thermal equilibrium on a leaf of foliated phase space. By introducing a model of a grand canonical ensemble, the Casimir invariant is interpreted as the number of topological particles. Full article

We successively reanalyzed modern Lie-algebraic approaches lying in the background of effective constructions of integrable super-Hamiltonian systems on functional $N=1,2,3$- supermanifolds, possessing rich supersymmetries and endowed with suitably related compatible Poisson structures. As an application, we describe countable hierarchies of new nonlinear Lax-type integrable $N=2,3$-semi-supersymmetric dynamical systems and constructed their central extended superconformal Lie superalgebra $\mathcal{K}(1|3)$ and its finite-dimensional coadjoint orbits, generated by the related Casimir functionals. Moreover, we generalized these results subject to the suitably factorized super-pseudo-differential Lax-type representations and present the related super-Poisson brackets and compatible suitably factorized Hamiltonian superflows. As an interesting point, we succeeded in the algorithmic construction of integrable super-Hamiltonian factorized systems generated by Casimir invariants of the centrally extended super-pseudo-differential operator Lie superalgebras on the $N=1,2,3$-supercircle. Full article

Poisson structures related to affine Courant-type algebroids are analyzed, including those related with cotangent bundles on Lie-group manifolds. Special attention is paid to Courant-type algebroids and their related R structures generated by suitably defined tensor mappings. Lie–Poisson brackets that are invariant with respect to the coadjoint action of the loop diffeomorphism group are created, and the related Courant-type algebroids are described. The corresponding integrable Hamiltonian flows generated by Casimir functionals and generalizing so-called heavenly-type differential systems describing diverse geometric structures of conformal type in finite dimensional Riemannian manifolds are described. Full article

We analyze the Lie algebraic structures related to the quantum deformation of the Sato Grassmannian, reducing the problem to studying co-adjoint orbits of the affine Lie subalgebra of the specially constructed loop diffeomorphism group of tori. The constructed countable hierarchy of linear matrix problems made it possible, in part, to describe some kinds of Frobenius manifolds within the Dubrovin-type reformulation of the well-known WDVV associativity equations, previously derived in topological field theory. In particular, we state that these equations are equivalent to some bi-Hamiltonian flows on a smooth functional submanifold with respect to two compatible Poisson structures, generating a countable hierarchy of commuting to each other’s hydrodynamic flows. We also studied the inverse problem aspects of the quantum Grassmannian deformation Lie algebraic structures, related with the well-known countable hierarchy of the higher nonlinear Schrödinger-type completely integrable evolution flows. Full article

We present a Monte Carlo approach that allows us to easily implement Lynden-Bell (LB) entropy maximization for an arbitrary initial particle distribution. The direct maximization of LB entropy for an arbitrary initial distribution requires an infinite number of Lagrange multipliers to account for the Casimir invariants. This has restricted studies of Lynden-Bell’s violent relaxation theory to only a very small class of initial conditions of a very simple waterbag form, for which the entropy maximization can be performed numerically. In the present approach, an arbitrary initial distribution is discretized into density levels which are then evolved using an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm towards the final equilibrium state. A comparison is also made between the LB equilibrium and explicit Molecular Dynamics simulations. We find that for most initial distributions, relaxation is incomplete and the system is not able to reach the state of maximum LB entropy. In particular, we see that the tail of the stationary particle distribution is very different from the one predicted by the theory of violent relaxation, with a hard cutoff instead of an algebraic decay predicted by LB’s theory. Full article

Quantum systems whose states are tightly distributed among several invariant subspaces (variable spin systems) can be described in terms of distributions in a four-dimensional phase-space $T^{\ast }{\mathcal{S}}_2$ in the limit of large average angular momentum. The cotangent bundle $T^{\ast }{\mathcal{S}}_2$ is also the classical manifold for systems with E(3) symmetry group with appropriately fixed Casimir operators. This allows us to employ the asymptotic form of the star-product proper for variable (integer) spin systems to develop a deformation quantization scheme for a particle moving on the two-dimensional sphere, whose observables are elements of e(3) algebra and the corresponding phase-space is $T^{\ast }{\mathcal{S}}_2$. We show that the standard commutation relations of the $e(3$) algebra are recovered from the corresponding classical Poisson brackets and the explicit expressions for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of some quantized classical observables (such as the angular momentum operators and their squares) are obtained. Full article

The idea of a canonical ensemble from Gibbs has been extended by Jean-Marie Souriau for a symplectic manifold where a Lie group has a Hamiltonian action. A novel symplectic thermodynamics and information geometry known as “Lie group thermodynamics” then explains foliation structures of thermodynamics. We then infer a geometric structure for heat equation from this archetypal model, and we have discovered a pure geometric structure of entropy, which characterizes entropy in coadjoint representation as an invariant Casimir function. The coadjoint orbits form the level sets on the entropy. By using the KKS 2-form in the affine case via Souriau’s cocycle, the method also enables the Fisher metric from information geometry for Lie groups. The fact that transverse dynamics to these symplectic leaves is dissipative, whilst dynamics along these symplectic leaves characterize non-dissipative phenomenon, can be used to interpret this Lie group thermodynamics within the context of an open system out of thermodynamics equilibrium. In the following section, we will discuss the dissipative symplectic model of heat and information through the Poisson transverse structure to the symplectic leaf of coadjoint orbits, which is based on the metriplectic bracket, which guarantees conservation of energy and non-decrease of entropy. Baptiste Coquinot recently developed a new foundation theory for dissipative brackets by taking a broad perspective from non-equilibrium thermodynamics. He did this by first considering more natural variables for building the bracket used in metriplectic flow and then by presenting a methodical approach to the development of the theory. By deriving a generic dissipative bracket from fundamental thermodynamic first principles, Baptiste Coquinot demonstrates that brackets for the dissipative part are entirely natural, just as Poisson brackets for the non-dissipative part are canonical for Hamiltonian dynamics. We shall investigate how the theory of dissipative brackets introduced by Paul Dirac for limited Hamiltonian systems relates to transverse structure. We shall investigate an alternative method to the metriplectic method based on Michel Saint Germain’s PhD research on the transverse Poisson structure. We will examine an alternative method to the metriplectic method based on the transverse Poisson structure, which Michel Saint-Germain studied for his PhD and was motivated by the key works of Fokko du Cloux. In continuation of Saint-Germain’s works, Hervé Sabourin highlights the, for transverse Poisson structures, polynomial nature to nilpotent adjoint orbits and demonstrated that the Casimir functions of the transverse Poisson structure that result from restriction to the Lie–Poisson structure transverse slice are Casimir functions independent of the transverse Poisson structure. He also demonstrated that, on the transverse slice, two polynomial Poisson structures to the symplectic leaf appear that have Casimir functions. The dissipative equation introduced by Lindblad, from the Hamiltonian Liouville equation operating on the quantum density matrix, will be applied to illustrate these previous models. For the Lindblad operator, the dissipative component has been described as the relative entropy gradient and the maximum entropy principle by Öttinger. It has been observed then that the Lindblad equation is a linear approximation of the metriplectic equation. Full article

We give an overview of the work done during the past ten years on the Casimir interaction in electronic topological materials, our focus being solids, which possess surface or bulk electronic band structures with nontrivial topologies, which can be evinced through optical properties that are characterizable in terms of nonzero topological invariants. The examples we review are three-dimensional magnetic topological insulators, two-dimensional Chern insulators, graphene monolayers exhibiting the relativistic quantum Hall effect, and time reversal symmetry-broken Weyl semimetals, which are fascinating systems in the context of Casimir physics. Firstly, this is for the reason that they possess electromagnetic properties characterizable by axial vectors (because of time reversal symmetry breaking), and, depending on the mutual orientation of a pair of such axial vectors, two systems can experience a repulsive Casimir–Lifshitz force, even though they may be dielectrically identical. Secondly, the repulsion thus generated is potentially robust against weak disorder, as such repulsion is associated with the Hall conductivity that is topologically protected in the zero-frequency limit. Finally, the far-field low-temperature behavior of the Casimir force of such systems can provide signatures of topological quantization. Full article

We construct characteristic identities for the split (polarized) Casimir operators of the simple Lie algebras in adjoint representation. By means of these characteristic identities, for all simple Lie algebras we derive explicit formulae for invariant projectors onto irreducible subrepresentations in $T^{\otimes 2}$ in the case when T is the adjoint representation. These projectors and characteristic identities are considered from the viewpoint of the universal description of the simple Lie algebras in terms of the Vogel parameters. Full article

Time reversal invariance (TRI) of particles systems has many consequences, among which the celebrated Onsager reciprocal relations, a milestone in Statistical Mechanics dating back to 1931. Because for a long time it was believed that (TRI) dos not hold in presence of a magnetic field, a modification of such relations was proposed by Casimir in 1945. Only in the last decade, the strict traditional notion of reversibility that led to Casimir’s work has been questioned. It was then found that other symmetries can be used, which allow the Onsager reciprocal relations to hold without modification. In this paper we advance this investigation for classical Hamiltonian systems, substantially increasing the number of symmetries that yield TRI in presence of a magnetic field. We first deduce the most general form of a generalized time reversal operation on the phase space of such a system; secondly, we express sufficient conditions on the magnetic field which ensure TRI. Finally, we examine common examples from statistical mechanics and molecular dynamics. Our main result is that TRI holds in a much wider generality than previously believed, partially explaining why no experimental violation of Onsager relations has so far been reported. Full article

In 1969, Jean-Marie Souriau introduced a “Lie Groups Thermodynamics” in Statistical Mechanics in the framework of Geometric Mechanics. This Souriau’s model considers the statistical mechanics of dynamic systems in their “space of evolution” associated to a homogeneous symplectic manifold by a Lagrange 2-form, and defines in case of non null cohomology (non equivariance of the coadjoint action on the moment map with appearance of an additional cocyle) a Gibbs density (of maximum entropy) that is covariant under the action of dynamic groups of physics (e.g., Galileo’s group in classical physics). Souriau Lie Group Thermodynamics was also addressed 30 years after Souriau by R.F. Streater in the framework of Quantum Physics by Information Geometry for some Lie algebras, but only in the case of null cohomology. Souriau method could then be applied on Lie groups to define a covariant maximum entropy density by Kirillov representation theory. We will illustrate this method for homogeneous Siegel domains and more especially for Poincaré unit disk by considering SU(1,1) group coadjoint orbit and by using its Souriau’s moment map. For this case, the coadjoint action on moment map is equivariant. For non-null cohomology, we give the case of Lie group SE(2). Finally, we will propose a new geometric definition of Entropy that could be built as a generalized Casimir invariant function in coadjoint representation, and Massieu characteristic function, dual of Entropy by Legendre transform, as a generalized Casimir invariant function in adjoint representation, where Souriau cocycle is a measure of the lack of equivariance of the moment mapping. Full article

A class of spatially one-dimensional completely integrable Chaplygin hydrodynamic systems was studied within framework of Lie-algebraic approach. The Chaplygin hydrodynamic systems were considered as differential systems on the torus. It has been shown that the geometric structure of the systems under analysis has strong relationship with diffeomorphism group orbits on them. It has allowed to find a new infinite hierarchy of integrable Chaplygin like hydrodynamic systems. Full article

We investigate the self-adjoint extensions of the Dirac operator of a massive one-dimensional field of mass m confined in a finite filament of length L. We compute the spectrum of vacuum fluctuations of the Dirac field under the most general dispersionless boundary conditions. We identify its edge states in the mass gap within a set of values of the boundary parameters, and compute the Casimir energy of the discrete normal modes. Two limit cases are considered, namely, that of light fermions with $mL\ll 1$ , and that of heavy fermions for which $mL\gg 1$ . It is found that both positive and negative energies are obtained for different sets of values of the boundary parameters. As a consequence of our calculation we demonstrate that the sign of the quantum vacuum energy is not fixed for exchange-symmetric plates (parity-invariant configurations), unlike for electromagnetic and scalar fields. Full article