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:T^{\alpha\beta} = rac{1}{4\pi} -F^{\alpha \gamma}F_{\gamma}^{\beta}+ rac{1}{4}g^{\alpha\beta}F_{\gamma\delta}F^{\gamma\delta} .
And in explicit matrix form:
:T^{\alpha\beta} =\begin{bmatrix} rac{E^2+B^2}{8\pi} & rac{S_x}{c} & rac{S_y}{c} & rac{S_z}{c} \ rac{S_x}{c} & -\sigma_{xx} & -\sigma_{xy} & -\sigma_{xz} \
rac{S_y}{c} & -\sigma_{yx} & -\sigma_{yy} & -\sigma_{yz} \
rac{S_z}{c} & -\sigma_{zx} & -\sigma_{zy} & -\sigma_{zz} \end{bmatrix}

where
:\overrightarrow{S}= rac{c}{4\pi}\overrightarrow{E} imes\overrightarrow{H} is Poynting Vector ,
:F_{\alpha\beta} is the Electromagnetic Field Tensor ,
:g_{\alpha\beta} is the metric tensor and
:\sigma_{\alpha\beta} is Maxwell Stress Tensor