Which symmetry? Noether, Weyl, and conservation of electric charge

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-22

  Brading, Katherine A ^a  

^a WOLFSON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge conservation; Gauge symmetry; Local symmetry; Noether's theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036167101     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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