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Relation between Classical and Pseudo-classical Spinning Particle

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

The spin degrees of freedom for the relativistic particle are described by either Poincar\'{e} group variables (classically) or Grassmann variables (pseudo-classically). The relationship between those two descriptions are given. In doing that, appropriate constraints are constructed to put into the lagrangian. Especially a natural relation of Poincar\'{e} group variables and Grassmann variables is obtained. Hopf fibration relating the spin momentum to the group is just the right transformation of the spin momentum under Poincar\'{e} group. And with the relation just mentioned, pseudoclassical lagrangian is derived naturally from the classical one.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9304064,
  title  = {Relation between Classical and Pseudo-classical Spinning Particle},
  author = {Jin-Ho Cho and Seungjoon Hyun and Jae-Kwan Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9304064},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

10pages; minor typo corrections