Spin Precession in Inertial and Gravitational Fields
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2013-09-25 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We discuss the motion of spin in inertial and gravitational fields. The coupling of spin with rotation and the gravitomagnetic field has already been extensively studied; therefore, we focus here on the inertial and gravitational spin-orbit couplings. In particular, we investigate the classical and quantum aspects of spin precession and spin-orbit coupling in an arbitrary translationally accelerated frame of reference as well as the exterior Schwarzschild spacetime. Moreover, in connection with Einstein's principle of equivalence, we clarify the relation between the inertial and gravitational spin-orbit couplings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1307.5470,
title = {Spin Precession in Inertial and Gravitational Fields},
author = {Bahram Mashhoon and Yuri N. Obukhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5470},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
21 pages; v2: slightly expanded version accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D