Published February 15, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamics of test bodies with spin in de Sitter spacetime

  • 1. Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Muehlenberg 1, 14476 Golm (Germany)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics and Institute of Origins, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom)

Description

We study the motion of spinning test bodies in the de Sitter spacetime of constant positive curvature. With the help of the 10 Killing vectors, we derive the 4-momentum and the tensor of spin explicitly in terms of the spacetime coordinates. However, in order to find the actual trajectories, one needs to impose the so-called supplementary condition. We discuss the dynamics of spinning test bodies for the cases of the Frenkel and Tulczyjew conditions.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 044024-044024.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42097476
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COORDINATES; DE SITTER SPACE; SPACE-TIME; SPIN; TEST PARTICLES; TRAJECTORIES
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPACE

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