English

Complete set of quasi-conserved quantities for spinning particles around Kerr

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-01-12 v3

Abstract

We revisit the conserved quantities of the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Tulczyjew equations describing the motion of spinning particles on a fixed background. Assuming Ricci-flatness and the existence of a Killing-Yano tensor, we demonstrate that besides the two non-trivial quasi-conserved quantities, i.e. conserved at linear order in the spin, found by R\"udiger, non-trivial quasi-conserved quantities are in one-to-one correspondence with non-trivial mixed-symmetry Killing tensors. We prove that no such stationary and axisymmetric mixed-symmetry Killing tensor exists on the Kerr geometry. We discuss the implications for the motion of spinning particles on Kerr spacetime where the quasi-constants of motion are shown not to be in complete involution.

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@article{arxiv.2105.12454,
  title  = {Complete set of quasi-conserved quantities for spinning particles around Kerr},
  author = {Geoffrey Compère and Adrien Druart},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.12454},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Minor corrections and proof of triviality of all mixed-symmetry Killing tensor in Minkowski spacetime added