 Klein-Gordon scalar stress-energy tensor (source code)

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= Klein-Gordon scalar stress-energy tensor
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For a real scalar satisfying $\nabla_a\nabla^a\psi-\mu^2\psi=0$,
$$
T_{ab}=\nabla_a\psi\nabla_b\psi-\frac12g_{ab}\left(\nabla_c\psi\nabla^c\psi+\mu^2\psi^2\right)
$$
is symmetric and covariantly conserved.

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