E. Noether's general analysis of conservation laws has to be completed in a
Lagrangian theory with local gauge invariance. Bulk charges are replaced by
fluxes of superpotentials. Gauge invariant bulk charges may subsist when
distinguished one-dimensional subgroups are present. As a first illustration we
propose a new {\it Affine action} that reduces to General Relativity upon gauge
fixing the dilatation (Weyl 1918 like) part of the connection and elimination
of auxiliary fields. It allows a comparison of most gravity superpotentials and
we discuss their selection by the choice of boundary conditions. A second and
independent application is a geometrical reinterpretation of the convection of
vorticity in barotropic nonviscous fluids. We identify the one-dimensional
subgroups responsible for the bulk charges and thus propose an impulsive
forcing for creating or destroying selectively helicity. This is an example of
a new and general Forcing Rule.Comment: 64 pages, LaTeX. Version 2 has two more references and one misprint
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