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This paper has three main aims: first, to give a pedagogical introduction to Noether's two theorems and their implications for energy conservation in general relativity, which was a central point of discussion between Hilbert, Klein,…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2021-04-01 Sebastian De Haro

There are various formulations of energy--momentum tensors for an electromagnetic field in a linear dielectric. The total energy--momentum tensor, comprised of electromagnetic and material components, must be unique. We discuss the…

Optics · Physics 2017-11-07 Michael E. Crenshaw

We present the discussion of the energy-momentum tensor of the scalar $\phi^4$- theory on a noncommutative space. The Noether procedure is performed at the operator level. Additionally, the broken dilatation symmetry will be considered in a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Gerhold , J. Grimstrup , H. Grosse , L. Popp , M. Schweda , R. Wulkenhaar

General classical theories of material fields in an arbitrary Riemann-Cartan space are considered. For these theories, with the help of equations of balance, new non-trivially generalized, manifestly generally covariant expressions for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-03-10 Robert R. Lompay

This paper focuses on the basic system of a field and a particle in interaction and provides a single, unified derivation of the energy-momentum tensors for both the field and the particle. This derivation contrasts with the usual approach…

Classical Physics · Physics 2019-11-26 Roderick Sutherland

We study various definitions of the gravitational field energy based on the usage of isometric embeddings in the Regge-Teitelboim approach. For the embedding theory we consider the coordinate translations on the surface as well as the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-10-10 D. A. Grad , R. V. Ilin , S. A. Paston , A. A. Sheykin

In the article {\it Gen. Rel. Grav.} {\bf 32}, 1633 (2000), by J. G. Pereira and C. M. Zhang, the special relativity energy-momentum tensor was used to discuss the neutrino phase-splitting in a weak gravitational field. However, it would be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. G. Pereira , C. M. Zhang

The Hilbert energy-momentum tensor for gauge-fixed non-Abelian gauge theories, defined by the variational derivative of the action with respect to the space-time metric, is a tensor under general coordinate transformations, symmetric in its…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-05 H. Arthur Weldon

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

Relativistic field theory for a vector field on a curved space-time is considered assuming that the Lagrangian field density is quadratic and contains field derivatives of first order at most. By applying standard variational calculus, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-02 Roberto Dale , Alicia Herrero , Juan Antonio Morales-Lladosa

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 total momentum of a thermodynamically closed system is unique, as is the total energy. Nevertheless, there is continuing confusion concerning the correct form of the momentum and the energy-momentum tensor for an electromagnetic field…

Optics · Physics 2015-02-12 Michael E. Crenshaw , Thomas B. Bahder

In this work, we investigate the structure and properties of the canonical energy momentum tensor (EMT) across a range of field theories. We begin by developing a unified and systematic method that naturally yields the canonical EMT for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-09 Peir-Ru Wang

In General Relativity, the issue of defining the gravitational energy contained in a given spatial region is still unresolved, except for particular cases of localized objects where the asymptotic flatness holds for a given spacetime. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-06 Salvatore Capozziello , Maurizio Capriolo , Gaetano Lambiase

The energy-momentum tensor of Matrix Theory is derived by computing disk amplitudes with one closed string and an arbitrary number of open strings and by taking the DKPS limit. We clarify its relation to the energy-momentum tensor of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Yuji Okawa , Hirosi Ooguri

The obstruction for the existence of an energy momentum tensor for the gravitational field is connected with differential-geometric features of the Riemannian manifold. It has not to be valid for alternative geometrical structures. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Yakov Itin

From the constructions of the quantum spacetime, a four dimensional quantized spacetime can be embedded in a five dimensional continuous spacetime. Thus to observe from the five dimensional continuous spacetime where the four dimensional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-11-01 Zheng Ze Ma

M\o ller's Tetrad Theory of Gravitation is examined with regard to the energy-momentum complex. The energy-momentum complex as well as the superpotential associated with M\o ller's theory are derived. M\o ller's field equations are solved…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. I. Mikhail , M. I. Wanas , Ahmed Hindawi , E. I. Lashin

We apply the energy-momentum tensor to calculate energy, momentum and angular-momentum of two different tetrad fields. This tensor is coordinate independent of the gravitational field established in the Hamiltonian structure of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Gamal Gergess Lamee Nashed

We briefly review of the definitions of the total energy, the total linear momentum and the angular momentum of gravitational field when the cosmological constant is zero. In particular, we show pseudo-tensor's definition of the energy and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-29 Xiaoning Wu , Xiao Zhang