The double role of Einstein's equations: as equations of motion and as vanishing energy-momentum tensor

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dc.creatorMontesinos, Merced
dc.date2003-10-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:28:13Z
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dc.descriptionDiffeomorphism covariant theories with dynamical background metric, like gravity coupled to matter fields in the way expressed by Einstein-Hilbert's action or relativistic strings described by Polyakov's action, have `on-shell' vanishing energy-momentum tensor $t_{μν}$ because $t_{μν}$ is, essentially, the Eulerian derivative associated with the dynamical background metric and thus $t_{μν}$ vanishes `on-shell.' Therefore, the equations of motion for the dynamical background metric play a double role: as equations of motion themselves and as a reflection of the fact that $t_{μν}=0$. Alternatively, the vanishing property of $t_{μν}$ can be seen as a reflection of the so-called `problem of time' present in diffeomorphism covariant theories in the sense that $t_{μν}$ are written as linear combinations of first class constraints only.
dc.description7 pages, no figures, latex file. Contribution to the meeting in honor of Plebanski. Any comments on this issue are welcome
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311001
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311001
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/34742
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectClassical Physics
dc.titleThe double role of Einstein's equations: as equations of motion and as vanishing energy-momentum tensor
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