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Stress-energy Tensor

The Stress-Energy Tensor is a second-rank tensor in relativistic physics that serves as the fundamental quantity describing the density and flux of energy and momentum in spacetime, acting as the source of the gravitational field in Einstein's field equations of general relativity.

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Energy-momentum Tensor

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On sound generated aerodynamically I. General theory

M. J. Lighthill · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1952 · 4.9K citations

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Notes on black-hole evaporation

W. G. Unruh · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1976 · 4.9K citations

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A Stress Tensor for Anti-de Sitter Gravity

Vijay Balasubramanian, Per Kraus · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1999 · 2.1K citations · Full text

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Relativistic Equations for Adiabatic, Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse

Charles W. Misner, David H. Sharp · Physical Review · 1964 · 1.7K citations

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Quantum field theory in de Sitter space: renormalization by point-splitting

T. S. Bunch, P. C. W. Davies · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1978 · 1.3K citations

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  3. Journal of High Energy Physics

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