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This paper formulates, via the Mathisson - Papapetrou - Dixon equations, the system of equations for a test particle with spin when it is orbiting a weak Kerr metric. We shall restrict ourselves to the case of circular orbits with the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-14 Nelson Velandia , Juan Manuel Tejeiro

The Hamiltonian formulation of the motion of a spinning relativistic particle in an external electromagnetic field is considered. The approach is based on the introduction of new coordinates and their conjugated momenta to describe the spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 M. Chaichian , R. Gonzalez Felipe , D. Louis Martinez

It is well known that the equations of motion obtained from Newtons second law of motion can be obtained from a Lagrangian via the Euler-Lagrangian formulation if and only if the equations of motion satisfy the Helmholtz conditions. In this…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-02-08 Kushagra Nigam , Kinjal Banerjee

In this letter, we discuss the extension of Feynman's derivation of the equation of motion to the case of spinning particles. We show that a spinning particle interacts only with the electromagnetic and gravitational fields. In the absence…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Chihong Chou

We generalize the $f(R)$ type gravity models by assuming that the gravitational Lagrangian is given by an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar $R$ and of the matter Lagrangian $L_m$. We obtain the gravitational field equations in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-09 Tiberiu Harko , Francisco S. N. Lobo

In our previous article [4] an approach to derive Papapetrou equations for constrained electromagnetic field was demonstrated by use of field variational principles. The aim of current work is to present more universal technique of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-06-29 A. T. Muminov

Mathisson-Papapetrou-Tulczyjew-Dixon (MPTD) equations in the Lagrangian formulation correspond to the minimal interaction of spin with gravity. Due to the interaction, in the Lagrangian equations instead of the original metric $g$ emerges…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-10 Alexei A. Deriglazov , Walberto Guzmán Ramírez

The interaction between spin and gravitational waves causes spinning bodies to deviate from their geodesics. In this work, we obtain the analytic solution of the Mathisson--Papapetrou--Dixon equations at linear order in the spin for plane…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-11 Ke Wang

We discuss the motion of extended objects in a spacetime by considering a gravitational field created by these objects. We define multipole moments of the objects as a classification by Lie group SO(3). Then, we construct an energy-momentum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Akira Ohashi

We consider the motion of spinning test particles with nonzero rest mass in the "pole-dipole" approximation, as described by the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon (MPD) equations, and examine its properties in dependence on the spin supplementary…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-25 O. Semerák , M. Šrámek

We construct the action of a non-relativistic spinning particle moving in a general torsionless Newton-Cartan background. The particle does not follow the geodesic equations, instead the motion is governed by the non-relativistic analog of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-11 Andrea Barducci , Roberto Casalbuoni , Joaquim Gomis

We construct the Lagrangian formulation of a micro-structured spinning, dilating and shearing (deformable) test body, moving in arbitrary non-Riemannian backgrounds possessing all geometrical entities of curvature, torsion and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-19 Damianos Iosifidis

The Euler-Lagrange equations of motion for the most general Ricci type gravitational Lagrangians are derived by means of a purely metric formalism.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Borowiec , M. Francaviglia , V. I. Smirichinski

The motion of spinning relativistic particles in external electromagnetic and gravitational fields is considered. A simple derivation of the spin interaction with gravitational field is presented. The self-consistent description of the spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-08-12 I. B. Khriplovich

We present a derivation of the equation of motion for a test-particle in the framework of the nonsymmetric gravitational theory. Three possible couplings of the test-particle to the non-symmetric gravitational field are explored. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-03 J. Legare , J. W. Moffat

In continuum physics is presupposed that general-relativistic balance equations are valid which are created from the Lorentz-covariant ones by application of the equivalence principle. Consequently, the question arises, how to make these…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Wolfgang Muschik , Horst-Heino v. Borzeszkowski

We consider variation of energy of the light-like particle in the pseudo-Riemann space-time, find Lagrangian, canonical momenta and forces. Equations of the critical curve are obtained by the nonzero energy integral variation in accordance…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-22 W. B. Belayev

The Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon (MPD) equations, providing the "pole-dipole" description of spinning test particles in general relativity, have to be supplemented by a condition specifying the worldline that will represent the history of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-01 L. Filipe O. Costa , Georgios Lukes-Gerakopoulos , Oldřich Semerák

Applying Dixon's general equations of motion for extended bodies, we compute the Papapetrou's equations for an extended test body on static and isotropic metrics. We incorporate the force and the torque terms which involve multipole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-24 William Almonacid , Leonardo Castañeda

Equations of spinning objects are obtained in Absolute Parallelism Geometry [AP], a special class of non-Riemannian geometry admitting an alternative non-vanishing curvature and torsion simultaneously. This new set of equations is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-13 Magd E. Kahil