Published February 4, 2005 | Version v1
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Spinning test particles in Weyl spacetimes

Creators

  • 1. Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo 'M Picone', CNR I-00161 Rome (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Padova, and INFN, Sezione di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova (Italy)
  • 3. International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, University of Rome, I-00185 Rome (Italy)

Description

The motion of spinning test particles along circular orbits in static vacuum spacetimes belonging to the Weyl class is discussed. Spin alignment and coupling with background parameters in the case of superimposed Weyl fields, corresponding to a single Schwarzschild black hole and a single Chazy-Curzon particle as well as to two Schwarzschild black holes and two Chazy-Curzon particles, are studied in detail for standard choices of supplementary conditions. Applications to the gravitomagnetic 'clock effect' are also discussed

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/1163/a5_5_017.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General (ISSN 1361-6447) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0305-4470/38/1163/a5_5_017.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/38/5/017;
PII
S0305-4470(05)85915-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and General
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 1163-1186
ISSN
0305-4470
CODEN
JPHAC5

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36046565
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; MOTION; ORBITS; SPACE-TIME; SPIN; TEST PARTICLES; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; FIELD THEORIES; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES