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We classify the conserved currents for the Maxwellian field. There are four families: (1) the classical currents derived using Noether's theorem from conformal invariance (2) certain Noetherian currents based on translations in field space, (3,4) two more kinds not equivalent to any Noetherian form.
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Arens, R. The conserved currents for the Maxwellian field. Commun.Math. Phys. 90, 527–544 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01216184
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01216184