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Asymptotic Conservation Laws In Classical Field Theory, Ian M. Anderson, Charles G. Torre
Asymptotic Conservation Laws In Classical Field Theory, Ian M. Anderson, Charles G. Torre
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications
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.