Super-energy tensors

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/14/313zbMATH Open1040.83015arXivgr-qc/9906087OpenAlexW1865622742MaRDI QIDQ4457604FDOQ4457604


Authors: José M. M. Senovilla Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 25 March 2004

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A purely algebraic construction of super-energy tensors for arbitrary fields is presented in any dimensions. These tensors have good mathematical and physical properties, and they can be used in any theory having as basic arena an n-dimensional manifold with a metric of Lorentzian signature. In general, the completely timelike component of these s-e tensors has the mathematical features of an energy density: they are positive definite and satisfy the dominant property. Similarly, the super-momentum vectors have mathematical properties of s-e flux vectors. The classical Bel-Robinson tensor is included in our general definition. The energy-momentum and super-energy tensors of physical fields are also obtained, and the procedure is illustrated by writing down these tensors explicitly for the cases of scalar, electromagnetic, and Proca fields. Moreover, `(super)k-energy' tensors are defined and shown to be meaningful and in agreement for the different physical fields. In flat spacetimes, they provide infinitely many conserved quantities. In non-flat spacetimes conserved s-e currents are found for any minimally coupled scalar field whenever there is a Killing vector. Furthermore, the exchange of gravitational and electromagnetic super-energy is also shown by studying the propagation of discontinuities.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9906087




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