Article
Asymptotic Conservation Laws in Classical Field Theory
Physical Review Letters
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1996
Disciplines
- Mathematics and
- Physics
Abstract
A new, general, field theoretic approach to the derivation of asymptotic conservation laws is presented. In this approach asymptotic conservation laws are constructed directly from the field equations according to a universal prescription which does not rely upon the existence of Noether identities or any Lagrangian or Hamiltonian formalisms. The resulting general expressions of the conservation laws enjoy important invariance properties and synthesize all known asymptotic conservation laws, such as the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner energy in general relativity.
Citation Information
Anderson, I., & Torre, C. (1996). Asymptotic Conservation Laws in Classical Field Theory. Physical Review Letters, 77, 4109-4113. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4109
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