Published May 31, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Generation of electric field by spin-currents in the U(1)xSU(2) gauge invariant Pauli-Schroedinger non-relativistic theory

  • 1. Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Parana (UFPR) (Brazil)
  • 2. Instituto de Fisica 'Gleb Wataghin', Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), C.P. 6165, Campinas 13.083-970 SP (Brazil)

Description

The non-relativistic Pauli-Schroedinger theory has a richer gauge structure than usually expected, being invariant under the U(1)xSU(2) gauge group, which allows to define spin-current density vectors and obtains the relevant conserved quantities from Noether's theorem. The electromagnetic fields E and B play the role of the gauge potentials for the SU(2) sector of the gauge group and can possibly contribute with a corresponding invariant curvature self-energy term in the Lagrangian density. From the dynamics of the U(1) and SU(2) gauge fields we show that electric fields can be induced by spin-currents originated from the SU(2) gauge symmetry.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2010.04.041

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2010.04.041;
PII
S0375-9601(10)00480-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
374
Journal Issue
25
Journal Page Range
p. 2596-2599
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

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