Deriving Mathisson - Papapetrou equations from relativistic pseudomechanics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
It is shown that the equations of motion of a test point particle with spin in a given gravitational field, so called Mathisson - Papapetrou equations, can be derived from Euler - Lagrange equations of the relativistic pseudomechanics -- relativistic mechanics, which side by side uses the conventional (commuting) and Grassmannian (anticommuting) variables. In this approach the known difficulties of the Mathisson - Papapetrou equations, namely, the problem of the choice of supplementary conditions and the problem of higher derivatives are not appear.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0503054,
title = {Deriving Mathisson - Papapetrou equations from relativistic pseudomechanics},
author = {R. R. Lompay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0503054},
year = {2007}
}
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