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We consider the motion of a spinning relativistic particle in external electromagnetic and gravitational fields to first order in the external field but to arbitrary order in the spin. The influence of the spin on the particle trajectory is properly accounted for by describing the spin noncovariantly. Specific calculations are performed through second order in the spin. A simple derivation is presented for the gravitational spin-orbit and spin-spin interactions of a relativistic particle. We discuss the gravimagnetic moment (GM), a particular spin effect in general relativity. We show that for a Kerr black hole the gravimagnetic ratio, i.e., the coefficient of the GM, equals unity (just as the gyromagnetic ratio equals 2 for a charged Kerr hole). The equations of motion obtained for a spinning relativistic particle in an external gravitational field differ substantially from the Papapetrou equations.

Язык оригиналаанглийский
Страницы (с-по)839-849
Число страниц11
ЖурналJournal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
Том86
Номер выпуска5
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СостояниеОпубликовано - 1 янв 1998
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