Dirac equations in curved space-time versus Papapetrou spinning particles
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-12-18 v1
Abstract
We find out classical particles, starting from Dirac quantum fields on a curved space-time, by an eikonal approximation and a localization hypothesis for amplitudes. We recover the results by Mathisson-Papapetrou, hence establishing a fundamental correspondence between the coupling of classical and quantum spinning particles with the gravitational field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0810.0447,
title = {Dirac equations in curved space-time versus Papapetrou spinning particles},
author = {Francesco Cianfrani and Giovanni Montani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.0447},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Europhysics Letters