A critical inquiry into the objection of Moeller to his energy-momentum complex
Description
In the year 1958 Mueller derived an energy-momentum complex to attain the localizability of the energy in gravitational fields. However, three years later after extensive investigations he himself raised an objection to his expression showing that the corresponding energy-momentum vector of a closed physical system does not transform like a free 4-vector with respect to a Lorentz transformation. An inquiry into the objection of Mueller is carried through at full length. Surprisingly it turns out that the equation on which he based his objection originates from a misinterpretation. Moreover, the argument given by him to explain the alleged failure of his expression proves to be incomplete. Complementing the argument, the objection of Mueller is no longer tenable. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Gen. Relativ. Gravitation
- Journal Volume
- 17
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Gen. Relativ. Gravitation.
- Journal Page Range
- 927-938
- ISSN
- 0001-7701
- CODEN
- GRGVA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United Kingdom
- INIS RN
- 17037310
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LOCALITY; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; TENSORS