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The electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor

Mathematical Physics 2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

We clarify the relation between canonical and metric energy-momentum tensors. In particular, we show that a natural definition arises from Noether's Theorem which directly leads to a symmetric and gauge invariant tensor for electromagnetic field theories on an arbitrary space-time of any dimension.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0208003,
  title  = {The electromagnetic energy-momentum tensor},
  author = {Ricardo E. Gamboa Saraví},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0208003},
  year   = {2008}
}