Noether charge

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A Noether charge is a conserved quantity associated with a continuous symmetry of a physical system, arising from Noether's theorem.

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Noether charge canonical 2
Noether current 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concept in theoretical physics
conserved quantity
physical quantity
appliesTo Lagrangian systems
classical mechanics
field theory
quantum field theory
associatedWith conservation law
continuous symmetry
basedOn Noether's theorem
conservedIf equations of motion hold
symmetry is exact
correspondsTo internal gauge symmetry
rotation symmetry
space translation symmetry
time translation symmetry
definedFor continuous symmetry transformation
generalizedTo Noether charge for higher-form symmetries
Noether charge in curved spacetime
hasDomain systems with differentiable action functional
hasProperty conserved in time under appropriate conditions
generator of symmetry transformations in phase space
often expressed as spatial integral of a current density
mathematicallyExpressedAs integral of time component of Noether current over a spatial hypersurface
mayFailToBeConservedIf explicit symmetry breaking occurs
symmetry is anomalous
namedAfter Emmy Noether
playsRoleIn algebra of observables
classification of symmetries
definition of conserved currents
derivation of Ward identities
quantization of constrained systems
relatedTo Hamiltonian formalism
Lie group symmetry
Noether charge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Noether current

canonical momentum
symmetry generator
requires invariance of the action under a continuous group of transformations
usedIn black hole thermodynamics
conformal field theory
gauge theories
general relativity
statistical field theory
string theory
supersymmetry
yields angular momentum for rotational symmetry
electric charge for global U(1) symmetry
energy for time translation symmetry
linear momentum for space translation symmetry

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Noether's theorem usesConcept Noether charge
"Invariante Variationsprobleme" relatedConcept Noether charge
subject surface form: Invariante Variationsprobleme
Noether charge relatedTo Noether charge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Noether current