Generalized virial theorem for contact Hamiltonian systems

Abstract

We formulate and study a generalized virial theorem for contact Hamiltonian systems. Such systems describe mechanical systems in the presence of simple dissipative forces such as Rayleigh friction, or the vertical motion of a particle falling through a fluid (quadratic drag) under the action of constant gravity. We find a generalized virial theorem for contact Hamiltonian systems which is distinct from that obtained earlier for the symplectic case. The `contact' generalized virial theorem is shown to reduce to the earlier result on symplectic manifolds as a special case. Various examples of dissipative mechanical systems are discussed. We also formulate a generalized virial theorem in the contact Lagrangian framework.

v1: Preliminary version; v2: Revised version, references added; v3: Minor changes; v4: This version corrects typos, notational issues, minor technical errors, and references, and adds clarifying remarks

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