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The Energy-Momentum Tensor for Electromagnetic Interactions

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We compute the energy tensor and the energy-momentum tensor for electrodynamics coupled to the current of a charged scalar field and for electrodynamics coupled tothe current of a Dirac spinor field, without using the equations of motion.

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  1. W. Wyss, “The energy-momentum tensor in classical field theory,” to be published.

  2. W. Wyss, “Gauge-invariant electromagnetic interactions,” to be published.

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  2. A. O. Barut, Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields and Particles, 2nd edn. (Dover, New York, 1980).

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  1. Asim O. Barut
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  2. Walter Wyss
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Barut, A.O., Wyss, W. The Energy-Momentum Tensor for Electromagnetic Interactions. Foundations of Physics 28, 699–715 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018889518158

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