Boundary charges in gauge theories: using Stokes theorem in the bulk

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/20/16/310zbMATH Open1045.83013arXivhep-th/0301039OpenAlexW2029100115MaRDI QIDQ4470728FDOQ4470728

Glenn Barnich

Publication date: 15 June 2004

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

Abstract: Boundary charges in gauge theories (like the ADM mass in general relativity) can be understood as integrals of linear conserved n-2 forms of the free theory obtained by linearization around the background. These forms are associated one-to-one to reducibility parameters of this background (like the time-like Killing vector of Minkowski space-time). In this paper, closed n-2 forms in the full interacting theory are constructed in terms of a one parameter family of solutions to the full equations of motion that admits a reducibility parameter. These forms thus allow one to apply Stokes theorem without bulk contributions and, provided appropriate fall-off conditions are satisfied, they reduce asymptotically near the boundary to the conserved n-2 forms of the linearized theory. As an application, the first law of black hole mechanics in asymptotically anti-de Sitter space-times is derived.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0301039




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