Gravitational Analog of the Aharonov-Casher Effect
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-22 v1
Abstract
The gravitational interaction between a massive particle and a spinning particle in the weak-field limit is studied. We show that a system of a spinning point-like particle and a massive rod exhibit a topological effect analogous to the electromagnetic Aharonov-Casher effect. We discuss the effect also for systems with a cosmic string instead of a massive rod and in the context of 2+1-dimensional gravity.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9409027,
title = {Gravitational Analog of the Aharonov-Casher Effect},
author = {Benni Reznik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9409027},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages, Latex, TP-94-009