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We derive a generic identity which holds for the metric (i.e. variational) energy-momentum tensor under any field transformation in any generally covariant classical Lagrangian field theory. The identity determines the conditions under…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Guido Magnano , Leszek M. Sokolowski

Recent research has highlighted the non-uniqueness problem of energy-momentum tensors in linearized gravity; many different tensors are published in the literature, yet for particular calculations a unique expression is required. It has…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-13 Mark Robert Baker

We propose a gravitational energy-momentum tensor of the general relativity obtained using Noethers theorem. It transforms as a tensor under general coordinate transformations. One of the two indices of the gravitational energy-momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-05 Katsutaro Shimizu

In the framework of the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity it is possible to establish the energy-momentum tensor of the gravitational field. This tensor has the following essential features: (1) it is identified directly in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 J. W. Maluf

Apart from the familiar structure firmly-rooted in the general relativistic field equations where the energy--momentum tensor has a null divergence i.e., it conserves, there exists a considerable number of extended theories of gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-09 Hermano Velten , Thiago R. P. Caramês

We derive the affine tensor associated with the energy and momentum densities of both gravitational and matter fields, the complex pseudo-tensor, for $f(Q)$ non-metric gravity, the straightforward extension of Symmetric Teleparallel…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-25 Salvatore Capozziello , Maurizio Capriolo , Gaetano Lambiase

In this paper, we make a close comparison of a covariant definition of an energy/entropy in general relativity, recently proposed by a collaboration including the present authors, with existing definitions of energies such as the one from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-09 Sinya Aoki , Tetsuya Onogi

The current paper is devoted to the investigation of the general form of the energy-momentum pseudotensor (pEMT) and the corresponding superpotential for the wide class of theories. The only requirement for such a theory is the general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-15 R. V. Ilin , S. A. Paston

The evolution of a generally covariant theory is under-determined. One hundred years ago such dynamics had never before been considered; its ramifications were perplexing, its future important role for all the fundamental interactions under…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 James M. Nester , Chiang-Mei Chen

On the basis of a non-local Lagrangian for Maxwell equations in a dispersive medium, the energy-momentum tensor of the field is derived. We obtain the Field equations through variational methods and an extension of Noether theorem for a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 Carlos Heredia , Josep Llosa

In the paper we consider the energy and its flux in the Bonnor spacetime. We construct some non-local expressions from the Einstein canonical energy-momentum pseudotensor of the gravitational field which show that the gravitational energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Janusz Garecki

The question of the existence of gravitational stress-energy in general relativity has exercised investigators in the field since the inception of the theory. Folklore has it that no adequate definition of a localized gravitational…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2019-11-26 Erik Curiel

Noether's first and second theorems both imply conserved currents that can be identified as an energy-momentum tensor (EMT). The first theorem identifies the EMT as the conserved current associated with global spacetime translations, while…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-16 Adam Freese

We establish a general relation between the canonical energy-momentum tensor of Lagrangian dynamics and the tensor that acts as the source of the gravitational field in Einstein's equations, and we show that there is a discrepancy between…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-01 Hans C. Ohanian

Early energy-momentum investigations for gravitating systems gave reference frame dependent pseudotensors; later the quasilocal idea was developed. Quasilocal energy-momentum can be determined by the Hamiltonian boundary term, which also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 C. C. Chang , J. M. Nester , C. M. Chen

By using variational calculus and exterior derivative formalism, we proposed in two previous joint papers with S. Siparov a new geometric approach for electromagnetism in pseudo-Finsler spaces. In the present paper, we provide more details,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-11-15 Nicoleta Voicu

For an island-like distribution of matter the gravitational energy-momentum tensor is defined according to Weinberg as a source of metric. If this source is formed by self-interactions of gravitons, so that nonphysical degrees of freedom…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. I. Nikishov

Local symmetry transformations play an important role for establishing the existence and form of a conserved (Noether) current in systems with a global continuous symmetry. We explain how this fact leads to the existence of linear relations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-02-07 Tomas Brauner

A proposal for the gravitational energy-momentum tensor, known in the literature as the square root of Bel-Robinson tensor, is analyzed in detail. Being constructed exclusively from the Weyl part of the Riemann tensor, such tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-16 Giovanni Acquaviva , David Kofroň , Martin Scholtz

We reexamine the energy-momentum tensor in classical electrodynamics from the perspective of spacetime-dependent translations, i.e., diffeomorphism invariance in flat spacetime. When energy-momentum is identified through local translations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-26 Taeseung Choi