Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2000-08-29
Class.Quant.Grav. 17 (2000) 4941-4958
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Latex, 27 pages
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/17/23/311
A general definition of energy is given, via the N\"other theorem, for the N-body problem in (1+1) dimensional gravity. Within a first-order Lagrangian framework, the density of energy of a solution relative to a background is identified with the superpotential of the theory. For specific applications we reproduce the expected Hamiltonian for the motion of N particles in a curved spacetime. This Hamiltonian agrees with that found through an ADM-like prescription for the energy when the latter is applicable but it also extends to a wider class of solutions provided a suitable background is chosen.
Mann Robert B.
Potvin Geoff
Raiteri Marco
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