Statistical Field Theory of Interacting Nambu Dynamics

TL;DR

This paper develops a statistical field theory for classical Nambu dynamics, enabling the inclusion of interactions without breaking the generalized canonical structure, and explores equilibrium states and symmetries in this framework.

Contribution

It introduces a novel field-theoretic approach to interacting Nambu systems, extending classical statistical mechanics to generalized phase spaces with multiple Hamiltonians.

Findings

Formulated a probabilistic framework for Nambu field theory

Demonstrated emergence of generalized equilibrium ensembles

Identified new symmetry features in non-equilibrium Nambu dynamics

Abstract

We develop a statistical field theory for classical Nambu dynamics by employing partially the method of quantum field theory. One of unsolved problems in Nambu dynamics has been to extend it to interacting systems without violating a generalized canonical structure associated with the presence of multiple Hamiltonians, which together govern the dynamics of time evolution on an equal footing. In the present paper, we propose to include interactions from the standpoint of classical statistical dynamics by formulating it as a field theory on Nambu's generalized phase space in an operator formalism. We first construct a general framework for such a field theory and its probabilistic interpretation. Then, on the basis of this new framework, we give a simple model of self-interaction in a many-body Nambu system treated as a closed dynamical system satisfying the H-theorem. It is shown that a generalized micro-canonical ensemble and a generalized canonical ensemble characterized by many temperatures are reached dynamically as equilibrium states, starting with certain classes of initial non-equilibrium states via continuous Markov processes. Compared with the usual classical statistical mechanics on the basis of standard Hamiltonian dynamics, some important new features associated with Nambu dynamics will emerge, with respect to the symmetries underlying dynamics of the non-equilibrium as well as the equilibrium states and also to some conceptual properties, such as a formulation of a generalized KMS-like condition characterizing the generalized canonical equilibrium states and a `relative' nature of the temperatures.