Abstract
A covariant method is devised to construct the symmetric energy-momentum tensor for vector fields in an orthogonal frame of reference. The method is then used to construct the symmetric energy-momentum tensor for spinor fields.
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Kazan’ University. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 27–30, March, 1997.
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Bilayalov, R.F. Covariant construction of the symmetric energy-momentum tensor of vector and spinor fields in an orthogonal frame of reference. Russ Phys J 40, 236–240 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510822
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