Curiel, Erik (2009) On Tensorial Concomitants and the Non-Existence of a Gravitational Stress-Energy Tensor. [Preprint]

Preview

PDF (submitted to *General Relativity and Gravitation*) nonexist-sab-phys.pdf - Submitted Version Download (440kB)

Abstract

Based on an analysis of what it may mean for one tensor to depend in the proper way on another, I prove that, under certain natural conditions, there can be no tensor whose interpretation could be that it represents gravitational stress-energy in general relativity. It follows that gravitational energy, such as it is in general relativity, is necessarily non-local. Along the way, I prove a result of some interest in own right about the structure of the associated jet bundles of the bundle of Lorentz metrics over spacetime.

---

Export/Citation:

EndNote | BibTeX | Dublin Core | ASCII/Text Citation (Chicago) | HTML Citation | OpenURL

Social Networking:

Share |

---

Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Curiel, Erik
Keywords:	general relativity gravitational energy tensor concomitants jet bundles
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Dr. Erik Curiel
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2010 13:25
Last Modified:	27 Nov 2010 13:25
Item ID:	8408
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	August 2009
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8408

Available Versions of this Item

• On Tensorial Concomitants and the Non-Existence of a Gravitational Stress-Energy Tensor. (deposited 23 Aug 2009)
  • On Tensorial Concomitants and the Non-Existence of a Gravitational Stress-Energy Tensor. (deposited 27 Nov 2010 13:25) [Currently Displayed]

Monthly Views for the past 3 years

Monthly Downloads for the past 3 years

Plum Analytics

Actions (login required)

View Item