General relativistic fields of an isolated spin-half charged particle near the spin axis with application to the rest-mass of the electron and positron
Creators
- 1. Papua New Guinea Univ., National Capital District (Papua New Guinea). Dept. of Mathematics
Description
Using a lowest-order approximation, the field equations of a general relativistic spinor-connection theory are solved semi-analytically for the fields of a stable, spin-half changed particle near the spin axis. With the exception of the atomic fine-structure constant, all parameters arising in the solution, including the rest mass of the source particle, are found by imposing the standard junction conditions of general relativity and electromagnetism. Using the empirical value for the fine-structure constant, the value derived for the rest mass gives some reason to identify the source particle with the electron. Moreover, since the rest mass is independent of the sign of the electron charge carried by the source, the solution is equally applicable to the positron
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuovo Cimento. B
- Journal Volume
- 114B
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1139-1155
- ISSN
- 0369-3554
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- Italy
- INIS RN
- 31049063
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHARGED PARTICLES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; PARTICLE SOURCES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REST MASS; SPINORS
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MASS; MECHANICS; RADIATION SOURCES