Momentum-space Poisson structure for a uniform magnetic field
ID: momentum-space-poisson-structure-for-a-uniform-magnetic-field
A uniform magnetic field defines a constant Poisson bivector on momentum space by the displayed components. For the Hamiltonian and convention , it gives . Constancy makes every term in the coordinate Jacobi identity vanish. If , the symplectic leaves are the planes , and energy is conserved along the flow. The whole three-dimensional momentum space is not symplectic, and an energy surface need not itself be a Poisson submanifold.
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