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    • Einstein pseudotensor and total energy of the universe

      N Banerjee S Sen

      Volume 49 Issue 6 December 1997 pp 609-615

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    • Keywords

       

      Energy of the universe; pseudotensors

    • Abstract

       

      The total energy of the universe has been calculated assuming that it is the sum of the contributions from the matter part and gravitational part. The calculations involve the use of Einstein pseudotensor. Calculations have been carried out in some specific examples of spacetime geometries. In some cases the total energy is indeed zero confirming previous results but in other cases the total energy is nonzero. So Rosen’s idea that the pseudotensorial calculations will lead to the result that the total energy of the universe is zero, is very much model dependent.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      N Banerjee1 S Sen1

      1. Relativity and Cosmology Research Centre, Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta - 700 032, India

    • Dates

       
      Published
      December 1997
      Manuscript received
      17 September 1996
      Manuscript revised
      3 May 1997

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