Conservation laws and gravity

Prof. Sinya Aoki from YITP, Kyoto

@ Room 104 (Chin-Pao Yang Lecture Hall, CCMS-New Physics Building)

In this colloquium, I discuss conservation laws in a presence of gravity including general relativity. After an introduction, contents of my colloquium are

I. Energy non-conservation in general relativity
I-1. Why is energy conserved?
I-2. Energy non-conservation in general relativity: Expanding Universe
I-3. Cases for energy conservation in a curved spacetime

II. Gravitational fields carry energy? Noether’s 2nd theorem and general relativity
II-1. Energy of gravitational field?
II-2. Noether’s 2nd theorem
II-3. Noether’s 2nd theorem in general relativity

III. Conserved charge in curved spacetime (including GR)
III-1. Proposal for a conserved charge
III-2. Perfect fluid and Stefan-Boltzmann law
III-3. A simple model of expanding Universe (scalar+radiation)

IV. Summary

Questions and comments during my presentation are very welcome.

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