Published July 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Dirac equation in Kerr-NUT-(A)dS spacetimes: Intrinsic characterization of separability in all dimensions

  • 1. DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, V Holesovickach 2, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 3. Departamento de Fisica, ICEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000 - Ouro Preto, MG (Brazil)

Description

We intrinsically characterize separability of the Dirac equation in Kerr-NUT-(A)dS spacetimes in all dimensions. Namely, we explicitly demonstrate that, in such spacetimes, there exists a complete set of first-order mutually commuting operators, one of which is the Dirac operator, that allows for common eigenfunctions which can be found in a separated form and correspond precisely to the general solution of the Dirac equation found by Oota and Yasui [Phys. Lett. B 659, 688 (2008)]. Since all the operators in the set can be generated from the principal conformal Killing-Yano tensor, this establishes the (up-to-now) missing link among the existence of hidden symmetry, presence of a complete set of commuting operators, and separability of the Dirac equation in these spacetimes.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 024008-024008.11
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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