Least action principle for Lorentz force in dilaton-Maxwell electrodynamics

Abstract

The least action principle is established for the dynamics of a test particle in a dilaton-Maxwell background. These dynamics and background are invariant under the action of the dilatation transformation; explicit form of the corresponding generalization of the Lorentz force is established for the considered model. On a stationary background, we have found the integral of motion of the energy type. This integral is used to resolve the radial dynamics of test particles in a spherically symmetric electrostatic background.