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Positive Energy and Kaluza-Klein Theory

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General Relativity and Gravitation

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In most field theories that enter physics, the energy is defined as the integral of a gauge invariant physically meaningful energy density T00(x):

$$ E = \int {d^3 \times T_{0\,0} (x)} $$

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  1. Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544, USA

    Edward Witten

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  1. Department of Nuclear and Theoretical Physics, University of Pavia, Italy

    B. Bertotti

  2. Department of Physics, University of Padua, Italy

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Witten, E. (1984). Positive Energy and Kaluza-Klein Theory. In: Bertotti, B., de Felice, F., Pascolini, A. (eds) General Relativity and Gravitation. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6469-3_12

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