Published August 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Angular momentum and energy-momentum densities as gauge currents

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, 01405-900 Sao Paulo SP (Brazil)

Description

If we replace the general spacetime group of diffeomorphisms by transformations taking place in the tangent space, general relativity can be interpreted as a gauge theory, and in particular as a gauge theory for the Lorentz group. In this context, it is shown that the angular momentum and the energy-momentum tensors of a general matter field can be obtained from the invariance of the corresponding action integral under transformations taking place, not in spacetime, but in the tangent space, in which case they can be considered as gauge currents

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044001-044001.6
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society