Gauge theory models in classical mechanics

• Grant number: 08/02909-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2008
• End date: December 31, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Antonio Mosna
• Grantee: Rodrigo Pires dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica (IMECC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to study concrete models of gauge theories in classical mechanics, via the theory of connections on fiber bundles.