Conservation laws in general relativity
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 9 (S) , S79-S95
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/9/s/020
Abstract
The general 'Lagrangian' method to generate conserved currents in field theories starting from the so-called Poincare-Cartan form is reviewed, with examples of application to general relativity.Keywords
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