The spinning particles -- classical description (Q2210540)

The paper works out a classical description of spinning particle with continuous spinorial degrees of freedom. It starts with the single spinor system and its Lagrangian description. This shows a dependence of the mass with the spin which is the same to the quantum case with discrete spins. The trajectories are derived and a classical explanation of the Zitterbewegung given. Furthermore, electric and magnetic dipole moments of the spinning particle are given. By the lack of a proper definition for the CPT Transformation, the authors then introduce a second spinor which in combination shows nonlinear behavior. This is outlined in Section 2. Here, the interaction of two spin vectors leads to interesting trajectories which are depicted in Figures 5--9 for different cases. All in all, the paper gives a complementary view on spinorial systems from the classical point of view and may enhance the reader's understanding of the better-known quantum system.