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Generalized Carter & R\"udiger Constants of $\sqrt{\text{Kerr}}$

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-05-01 v3

Abstract

We consider the motion of a charged spinning test/probe particle -- governed by the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon equations with generic, adiabatic, and conservative spin- and field-induced multipole moments -- in a background Kerr\sqrt{\text{Kerr}} field on flat spacetime: the electromagnetic field of a charged spinning ring-disk singularity obtained from the G0G\to 0 limit of the Kerr-Newman solution for a charged spinning black hole. We investigate the existence of two extra hidden constants of motion, analogous to the Carter constant (for geodesic motion in a Kerr spacetime, or for its spinning-probe generalization) and R\"udiger's linear-in-spin constant for a spinning probe in a Kerr background. We find that these two constants exist only when the Wilson coefficients parameterizing the probe's multipole structure take the particular values corresponding to spin-exponentiation of the effective Compton amplitudes through second order in spin.

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@article{arxiv.2602.18790,
  title  = {Generalized Carter & R\"udiger Constants of $\sqrt{\text{Kerr}}$},
  author = {Christopher de Firmian and Justin Vines},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.18790},
  year   = {2026}
}