Relativistic Motion of Spinning Particles in a Gravitational Field
arXiv:gr-qc/0504146 · doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2005.05.072
Abstract
The relative motion of a classical relativistic spinning test particle is studied with respect to a nearby free test particle in the gravitational field of a rotating source. The effects of the spin-curvature coupling force are elucidated and the implications of the results for the motion of rotating plasma clumps in astrophysical jets are discussed.
12 pages, 2 figures, v2: a few minor typos corrected, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A