Noether currents and charges for Maxwell-like Lagrangians

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dc.creatorItin, Yakov
dc.date2003-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:50:36Z
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dc.descriptionHilbert-Noether theorem states that a current associated to diffeomorphism invariance of a Lagrangian vanishes on shell modulo a divergence of an arbitrary superpotential. Application of the Noether procedure to physical Lagrangians yields, however, meaningful (and measurable) currents. The well known solution to this ``paradox'' is to involve the variation of the metric tensor. Such procedure, for the field considered on a fixed (flat) background, is sophisticated logically (one need to introduce the variation of a fixed field) and formal. We analyze the Noether procedure for a generic diffeomorphism invariant $p$-form field model. We show that the Noether current of the field considered on a variable background coincides with the current treated in a fixed geometry. Consistent description of the canonical energy-momentum current is possible only if the dynamics of the geometry (gravitation) is taken into account. However, even the ``truncated'' consideration yields the proper expression. We examine the examples of the free $p$-form gauge field theory, the GR in the coframe representation and the metric-free electrodynamics. Although, the variation of a metric tensor is not acceptable in the latter case, the Noether procedure yields the proper result.
dc.description20 pages, version to appear in Journal of Physics A
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0307003
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0307003
dc.identifierJ.Phys.A36:8867-8884,2003
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0305-4470/36/33/310
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/184586
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleNoether currents and charges for Maxwell-like Lagrangians
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