Invariant conserved currents in gravity theories with local Lorentz and diffeomorphism symmetry
- 1. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, 01405-900 Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Concepcion, Casilla 160-C, Concepcion (Chile)
- 2. Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rua Pamplona 145, 01405-900 Sao Paulo, Brazil and Department of Theoretical Physics, Moscow State University, 117234 Moscow (Russian Federation)
Description
We discuss conservation laws for gravity theories invariant under general coordinate and local Lorentz transformations. We demonstrate the possibility to formulate these conservation laws in many covariant and noncovariant(ly looking) ways. An interesting mathematical fact underlies such a diversity: there is a certain ambiguity in a definition of the (Lorentz-) covariant generalization of the usual Lie derivative. Using this freedom, we develop a general approach to the construction of invariant conserved currents generated by an arbitrary vector field on the spacetime. This is done in any dimension, for any Lagrangian of the gravitational field and of a (minimally or nonminimally) coupled matter field. A development of the ''regularization via relocalization'' scheme is used to obtain finite conserved quantities for asymptotically nonflat solutions. We illustrate how our formalism works by some explicit examples
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.064002;
- arXiv
- arXiv:gr-qc/0608064v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 74
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 064002-064002.19
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 38039025
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; CONSERVATION LAWS; COORDINATES; COSMOLOGY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY; VECTOR FIELDS
- Descriptors DEC
- CURRENTS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; TRANSFORMATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2006 The American Physical Society