Currents and superpotentials in classical gauge-invariant theories: I. Local results with applications to perfect fluids and general relativity

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DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/8/006zbMATH Open0935.83001arXivgr-qc/9804029OpenAlexW2122598070WikidataQ123291726 ScholiaQ123291726MaRDI QIDQ4699707FDOQ4699707


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Publication date: 18 November 1999

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

Abstract: E. Noether's general analysis of conservation laws has to be completed in a Lagrangian theory with local gauge invariance. Bulk charges are replaced by fluxes of superpotentials. Gauge invariant bulk charges may subsist when distinguished one-dimensional subgroups are present. As a first illustration we propose a new {it Affine action} that reduces to General Relativity upon gauge fixing the dilatation (Weyl 1918 like) part of the connection and elimination of auxiliary fields. It allows a comparison of most gravity superpotentials and we discuss their selection by the choice of boundary conditions. A second and independent application is a geometrical reinterpretation of the convection of vorticity in barotropic nonviscous fluids. We identify the one-dimensional subgroups responsible for the bulk charges and thus propose an impulsive forcing for creating or destroying selectively helicity. This is an example of a new and general Forcing Rule.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9804029




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