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No-Go Theorem for Energy-Momentum Conservation in Curved Spacetime

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is pointed out that in curved spacetime, one cannot define the sum of energy-momemtum 4-vector over a space-like hypersurface. The difficulty in finding satisfactory gravitational energy-momentum complex stems from misunderstanding of this question. The law of conservation of energy-momentum holds valid only approximately when spacetime is not seriously curved.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0702059,
  title  = {No-Go Theorem for Energy-Momentum Conservation in Curved Spacetime},
  author = {Zhaoyan Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0702059},
  year   = {2007}
}

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