Spin, gravity, and inertia
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-08-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The gravitational effects in the relativistic quantum mechanics are investigated. The exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation is constructed for the Dirac particle coupled to the static spacetime metric. As a direct application, we analyze the non-relativistic limit of the theory. The new term describing the specific spin (gravitational moment) interaction effect is recovered in the Hamiltonian. The comparison of the true gravitational coupling with the purely inertial case demonstrates that the spin relativistic effects do not violate the equivalence principle for the Dirac fermions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0012102,
title = {Spin, gravity, and inertia},
author = {Yuri N. Obukhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0012102},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Revtex, 12 pages, no figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett