Friday, November 3, 2017

cosmology - Is energy conserved in general relativity? Does $nabla_aT^{ab}_{rm matter}=0$ represent the conservation of energy and momentum?




  1. For example, the radiation dominated cosmology, the energy density of radiation is proportional to $a^{-4}$ and the volume is proportional to $a^3$, where $a$ is the scale factor. So the total energy of radiation is propotional to $a^{-1}$. So where is the loss of energy of radiation? Is it because the gravitational field has the energy?




  2. Does $\nabla_aT^{ab}_{\rm matter}=0$ represent the conservation of energy and momentum of matter field in GR?







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