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The classical motion of spinning particles can be described without employing Grassmann variables or Clifford algebras, but simply by generalizing the usual spinless theory. We only assume the invariance with respect to the Poincare' group;…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Giovanni Salesi

In this article, we introduce higher derivative Lagrangians of this form $\alpha_1 A_{\mu}(x)\dot{x}^\mu$, $\alpha_2 G_{\mu}(x)\ddot{x}^\mu$, $\alpha_3 B_{\mu}(x)\dddot{x}^\mu$, $\alpha_4 K_{\mu}(x)\ddddot{x}^\mu$, $\cdots$, that generalize…

General Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 M. Beau

We analytically compute the orbital effects induced on the motion of a spinning particle geodesically traveling around a central rotating body by the general relativistic two-body spin-spin and spin-orbit interactions. We use the weak-field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-13 Lorenzo Iorio

A higher order theory of dilaton gravity is constructed as a generalization of the Einstein-Lovelock theory of pure gravity. Its Lagrangian contains terms with higher powers of the Riemann tensor and of the first two derivatives of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 D. Konikowska , M. Olechowski

We consider different spin supplementary conditions (SSC) for a spinning compact binary with the leading-order spin-orbit (SO) interaction. The Lagrangian of the binary system can be constructed but it is acceleration-dependent in two cases…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-27 Balázs Mikóczi

Classical results and recent developments on the theoretical description of elementary particles with "continuous" spin are reviewed. At free level, these fields are described by unitary irreducible representations of the isometry group…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Xavier Bekaert , Evgeny D. Skvortsov

We derive the gravitational Lagrangian to all orders of curvature when the canonical constraint algebra is deformed by a phase space function as predicted by some studies into loop quantum cosmology. The deformation function seems to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-25 Rhiannon Cuttell , Mairi Sakellariadou

We propose the Lagrangian formulation for describing the motion of a test particle in a general relativistic, stationary, and axially symmetric spacetime. The test particle is also affected by a radiation field, modeled as a coherent flux…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-05-07 Vittorio De Falco , Emmanuele Battista , Maurizio Falanga

We reintroduce an alternative expression for the Lagrangian density that governs the interaction of a charged particle with external electromagnetic fields, proposed by Livens about one century ago. This Lagrangian is written in terms of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-04-12 Pablo L. Saldanha

In evaluating differential cross section of elastic scattering, different theories were applied to low-momentum and relativistic particles. For low-momentum motion, Lippmann-Schwinger scattering equation was applied, called fundamental…

General Physics · Physics 2022-09-14 Huai-Yu Wang

In a class of generalized gravity theories with general couplings between the scalar field and the scalar curvature in the Lagrangian, we describe the quantum generation and the classical evolution processes of both the scalar and tensor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Hwang

Relativistic particles with higher spin can be described in first quantization using actions with local supersymmetry on the worldline. First, we present a brief review of these actions and their use in first quantization. In a Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-07-15 Fiorenzo Bastianelli , Roberto Bonezzi , Olindo Corradini , Emanuele Latini

We study the gravitational scattering of massive particles with and without spin in the effective theory of gravity at one loop level. Our focus is on long distance effects arising from nonanalytic components of the scattering amplitude and…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-02-07 Barry R. Holstein , Andreas Ross

We study two general approaches how to describe spin one particles, using vector and antisymmetric tensor fields within RChT. In this paper we focus on the question of an equivalence of both ways. The appearing problems lead us to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-09-24 Karol Kampf , Jiri Novotny , Jaroslav Trnka

In a previous work we showed that spin can be envisioned as living in a phase space that is dual to the standard phase space of position and momentum. In this work we demonstrate that the second class constraints inherent in this "Dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-05 Trevor Rempel , Laurent Freidel

A twistorial formulation of a particle of arbitrary spin has been constructed. Equations of the twistor formulation are obtained for massive and massless spinning particles. The twistor space of the massive particle is formed by two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Fedoruk , V. G. Zima

Magnetic emergent crystals are periodic alignment of "particle-like" spin textures that emerge in magnets. Instead of focusing on an individual spin or a macroscopic magnetization field, we analyze the dynamical behaviors of these novel…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-13 Yangfan Hu

We review some definitions and basic notions relating to generalised spin structures and introduce the notion of reducibility. We discuss connections on these structures, define a covariant Lie derivative for associated bundles and develop…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-11-06 Andrew D. K. Beckett

Lattice theory is used to explain the rest masses of the stable mesons and baryons and their spin. From the mass of the charged pi-mesons follows the mass of the muons. From the mass of the muons follows the mass of the electron. We do not…

General Physics · Physics 2015-10-19 E. L. Koschmieder

Most of the laws of Nature involve derivatives up to the second order. Ostrogradski was the first to seek a formulation of the equations of higher-order derivatives. He extended Hamilton's equations by considering Lagrangians that depend on…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-05-20 Cássius Anderson Miquele de Melo , Ivan Francisco de Souza