Timeline for How the continuity equation $\partial_\mu j^\mu=0$ means current conservation?
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| Jul 27, 2017 at 7:49 | vote | accept | soap | ||
| Jul 27, 2017 at 6:36 | answer | added | J.G. | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 3:21 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 27, 2017 at 1:01 | answer | added | Jahan Claes | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 23:37 | comment | added | Adomas Baliuka | Look up the continuity equation (hint: that's the equation you're asking about). The charge density is the zero component of $j$. A spacial integral over this density gives you a thing (charge) that's conserved (in the sense of the word you seem to prefer), as implied by that equation. In field theory it is standard terminology for "conserved" to just mean that equation is satisfied. | |
| Jul 26, 2017 at 23:20 | history | asked | soap | CC BY-SA 3.0 |