Relativistic motion of spinning particles in a gravitational field
Abstract
The relative motion of a classical relativistic spinning test particle is studied with respect to a nearby free test particle in the gravitational field of a rotating source. The effects of the spin-curvature coupling force are elucidated and the implications of the results for the motion of rotating plasma clumps in astrophysical jets are discussed.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- August 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.physleta.2005.05.072
- arXiv:
- arXiv:gr-qc/0504146
- Bibcode:
- 2005PhLA..343....1C
- Keywords:
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- 04.20.Cv;
- 97.60.Lf;
- 98.58.Fd;
- Fundamental problems and general formalism;
- Black holes;
- Jets outflows and bipolar flows;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 12 pages, 2 figures, v2: a few minor typos corrected, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A
