Published February 8, 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Spinor particle. An indeterminacy in the motion of relativistic dynamical systems with separately fixed mass and spin

  • 1. The H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radzikowskego 152, 31-342 Kraków (Poland)

Description

We give an argument that a broad class of geometric models of spinning relativistic particles with Casimir mass and spin being separately fixed parameters, have indeterminate worldline (while other spinning particles have definite worldline). This paradox suggests that for a consistent description of spinning particles something more general than a worldline concept should be used. As a particular case, we study at the Lagrangian level the Cauchy problem for a spinor particle and then, at the constrained Hamiltonian level, we generalize our result to other particles.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/343/1/012017

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
Journal Volume
343
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
[10 p.]
ISSN
1742-6596

Conference

Title
7. international conference on quantum theory and symmetries
Acronym
QTS7
Dates
7-13 Aug 2011
Place
Prague (Czech Republic)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43105256
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CASIMIR OPERATORS; CAUCHY PROBLEM; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GEOMETRY; HAMILTONIANS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MASS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SPIN
Descriptors DEC
ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENERGY RANGE; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM OPERATORS