Stress Energy Tensor vs Energy Momentum Tensor

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Sep 2, 2007

is the stress energy tensor the same as the energy momentum tensor?

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pmb_phy

Sep 3, 2007

captain said:

is the stress energy tensor the same as the energy momentum tensor?

The stress tensor is part of the stress-energy-momentum tensor, T^uv (u,v = 1,2,3). The stress tensor s^jk (j,k = 1,2,3) is given by s^jk = T^jk.

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