Conservation Laws for Large Perturbations on Curved Backgrounds

dc.creatorPetrov, A. N.
dc.creatorKatz, J.
dc.date1999-05-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:33:13Z
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dc.descriptionBackgrounds are pervasive in almost every application of general relativity. Here we consider the Lagrangian formulation of general relativity for large perturbations with respect to a curved background spacetime. We show that Noether's theorem combined with Belinfante's "symmetrization" method applied to the group of displacements provide a conserved vector, a "superpotential" and a energy-momentum that are independent of any divergence added to the Hilbert Lagrangian of the perturbations. The energy-momentum is symmetrical and divergenceless only on backgrounds that are Einstein spaces in the sense of A.Z.Petrov.
dc.description13 pages, LaTeX, to appear in the Proceedings of the Conference on "Fundamental Interactions: From Symmetries to Black Holes" held in Brussels March 25 - 27, 1999
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9905088
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9905088
dc.identifierFundamental Interaction: From Symmetries to Black Holes (eds.: J.M. Frere, M. Henneaux, A. Servin & Ph. Spindel), p.p. 147-157. Brussels: Universite Libre de Bruxells (1999).
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/36533
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleConservation Laws for Large Perturbations on Curved Backgrounds
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