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A new variational approach for general relativity and modified theories of gravity is presented. In addition to the metric tensor, two independent affine connections enter the action as dynamical variables. In the matter action the…

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Symmetries and conserved charges are investigated for linearised gravity and its dual formulation in terms of the dual graviton field. Conserved charges are constructed for the dual graviton theory as Noether charges associated with…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-02-01 C. M. Hull

The field equations in the nonsymmetric gravitational theory are derived from a Lagrangian density using a first-order formalism. Using the general covariance of the Lagrangian density, conservation laws and tensor identities are derived.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 J. Legare , J. W. Moffat

This paper studies a generic fourth-order theory of gravity with Lagrangian density $f(R,R_c^2,R_m^2, \mathscr{L}_m)$. By considering explicit $R^2$ dependence and imposing the "coherence condition" $f_{R^2}\!=\!f_{R_m^2}\!=\!…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-14 David Wenjie Tian , Ivan Booth

We study a group field theory (GFT) for quantum gravity coupled to four massless scalar fields, using these matter fields to define a (relational) coordinate system. We exploit symmetries of the GFT action, in particular under shifts in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-12 Steffen Gielen , Lisa Mickel

A variational principle for gauge theories of gravity is presented, which maintains manifest covariance under the symmetries to which the action is invariant, throughout the calculation of the equations of motion and conservation laws. This…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-27 Michael Hobson , Anthony Lasenby , Will Barker

The proposed temporal fluctuations model attempt for a unitary vision on gravity, electromagnetism and inertia. On obtain Newton law of gravitation and Coulomb law by starting from simple principles. On obtain too the main results of…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Viorel Drafta

The present paper is focused on the analysis of the one-dimensional relativistic gas dynamics equations. The studied equations are considered in Lagrangian description, making it possible to find a Lagrangian such that the relativistic gas…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 Warisa Nakpim , Sergey V. Meleshko

Gravitational effective field theories with nondynamical backgrounds explicitly break diffeomorphism and local Lorentz invariance. At the same time, to maintain observer independence the action describing these theories is required to be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-23 Robert Bluhm , Amar Sehic

Symmetries and, in particular, Cartan (Noether) symmetries and conserved quantities (conservation laws) are studied for the multisymplectic formulation of first and second order Lagrangian classical field theories. Noether-type theorems are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-07-20 Jordi Gaset , Narciso Román-Roy

We analyze the dynamics of the gravitational field when the covariance is restricted to a synchronous gauge. In the spirit of the Noether theorem, we determine the conservation law associated to the Lagrangian invariance and we outline that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Giovanni Montani , Francesco Cianfrani

In this second part of the paper, we consider finite difference Lagrangians which are invariant under linear and projective actions of $SL(2)$, and the linear equi-affine action which preserves area in the plane. We first find the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-06-05 E. L. Mansfield , A. Rojo-Echeburua

Noether's Theorem yields conservation laws for a Lagrangian with a variational symmetry group. The explicit formulae for the laws are well known and the symmetry group is known to act on the linear space generated by the conservation laws.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-01-23 Tania M. N. Goncalves , Elizabeth L. Mansfield

A class of generalized Galileon cosmological models, which can be described by a point-like Lagrangian, is considered in order to utilize Noether's Theorem to determine conservation laws for the field equations. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-23 N. Dimakis , Alex Giacomini , Sameerah Jamal , Genly Leon , Andronikos Paliathanasis

In the Lagrangian framework for symmetries and conservation laws of field theories, we investigate globality properties of conserved currents associated with non-global Lagrangians admitting global Euler--Lagrange morphisms. Our approach is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Borowiec , M. Ferraris , M. Francaviglia , M. Palese

This thesis covers several developments performed in metric-affine gravity. This alternative framework extends General Relativity by considering a more general connection than the one induced by the metric (i.e., arbitrary torsion and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-01 Alejandro Jiménez-Cano

In the classical Lagrangian approach to conservation laws of gauge-natural field theories a suitable (vector) density is known to generate the so--called {\em conserved Noether currents}. It turns out that along any section of the relevant…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-12-03 L. Fatibene , M. Francaviglia , M. Palese

Two-dimensional gas dynamics equations in mass Lagrangian coordinates are studied in this paper. The equations describing these flows are reduced to two Euler-Lagrange equations. Using group classification and Noether's theorem,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 E. I. Kaptsov , S. V. Meleshko

It is well-known that all 2d models of gravity---including theories with nonvanishing torsion and dilaton theories---can be solved exactly, if matter interactions are absent. An absolutely (in space and time) conserved quantity determines…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-25 W. Kummer , G. Tieber

In the present work, we formulate a generalization of the Noether Theorem for action-dependent Lagrangian functions. The Noether's theorem is one of the most important theorems for physics. It is well known that all conservation laws,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-06-17 M. J. Lazo , J. Paiva , G. S. F. Frederico