Conservation laws in gravity: A unified framework
arXiv:1405.4003 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.90.024004
Abstract
We study general metric-affine theories of gravity in which the metric and connection are the two independent fundamental variables. In this framework, we use Lagrange-Noether methods to derive the identities and the conservation laws that correspond to the invariance of the action under general coordinate transformations. The results obtained are applied to generalized models with nonminimal coupling of matter and gravity, with a coupling function that depends arbitrarily on the covariant gravitational field variables.
9 pages, 1 figure, RevTex format. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1303.6050
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