Relativistic Motion of Spinning Particles in a Gravitational Field
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-07-19 v2 Astrophysics
Abstract
The relative motion of a classical relativistic spinning test particle is studied with respect to a nearby free test particle in the gravitational field of a rotating source. The effects of the spin-curvature coupling force are elucidated and the implications of the results for the motion of rotating plasma clumps in astrophysical jets are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0504146,
title = {Relativistic Motion of Spinning Particles in a Gravitational Field},
author = {C. Chicone and B. Mashhoon and B. Punsly},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0504146},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
12 pages, 2 figures, v2: a few minor typos corrected, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A