Mathisson–Papapetrou equations in metric and gauge theories of gravity in a Lagrangian formulation

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/16/006zbMATH Open1075.83030arXivgr-qc/0505021OpenAlexW2066028123MaRDI QIDQ5693553FDOQ5693553

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Publication date: 26 September 2005

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a simple method to derive the semiclassical equations of motion for a spinning particle in a gravitational field. We investigate the cases of classical, rotating particles (pole-dipole particles), as well as particles with intrinsic spin. We show that, starting with a simple Lagrangian, one can derive equations for the spin evolution and momentum propagation in the framework of metric theories of gravity and in theories based on a Riemann-Cartan geometry (Poincare gauge theory), without explicitly referring to matter current densities (spin and energy-momentum). Our results agree with those derived from the multipole expansion of the current densities by the conventional Papapetrou method and from the WKB analysis for elementary particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0505021

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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