Variational Tricomplex, Global Symmetries and Conservation Laws of Gauge Systems

Abstract

Using the concept of variational tricomplex endowed with a presymplectic structure, we formulate the general notion of symmetry. We show that each generalized symmetry of a gauge system gives rise to a sequence of conservation laws that are represented by on-shell closed forms of various degrees. This extends the usual Noether's correspondence between global symmetries and conservation laws to the case of lower-degree conservation laws and not necessarily variational equations of motion. Finally, we equip the space of conservation laws of a given degree with a Lie bracket and establish a homomorphism of the resulting Lie algebra to the Lie algebra of global symmetries.

arXiv commentAppendix A overlaps with arXiv:1506.04652. In this appendix, some basic facts about jet bundles and variational bicomplex are collected

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