Gravitational waves and spinning test particles
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-31 v1 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The motion of a classical spinning test particle in the field of a weak plane gravitational wave is studied. It is found that the characteristic dimensions of the particle's orbit is sensitive to the ratio of the spin to the mass of the particle. The results are compared with the corresponding motion of a particle without spin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0009070,
title = {Gravitational waves and spinning test particles},
author = {M. Mohseni and H. R. Sepangi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0009070},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages, one eps figure, to appear in Class. Quantum Grav