On a gravitational analogue of the Aharonov–Bohm effect (original) (raw)

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A massless spinor particle is considered in the background gravitational field due to a rotating massive body. In the weak field approximation it is shown that the solution of the massless Dirac equation depend on the angular momentum of the rotating body, which does not affect the curvature in this approximation. This result may be looked upon as a gravitational analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm effect.

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Now, let us consider the spacetime generated by an infinitely long, infinitely thin massive cylindrical shell rotating slowly around its axis. In the weak field approximation the metric reads [6]

Computing the expression for A(q) and Bia) given by Eqs. (5) and (6), respectively, we get the following results In order to solve the Dirac equation for a massless particle, given by Eq. (1), in the spacetime of a rotating massive body given by the line element (7), we will choose the following set of tetrads which means that b(p)” ~ 0. Thus, due to these con- siderations the angular momentum is not present in the curvature in the region outside the source. In other words, this means that in the weak field approxima- tion, the local effects of curvature connected with the rotation of the cylindrical shell are absent in the exte- rior region.

Computing the expression for A(q) and Bia) given by Eqs. (5) and (6), respectively, we get the following results In order to solve the Dirac equation for a massless particle, given by Eq. (1), in the spacetime of a rotating massive body given by the line element (7), we will choose the following set of tetrads which means that b(p)” ~ 0. Thus, due to these con- siderations the angular momentum is not present in the curvature in the region outside the source. In other words, this means that in the weak field approxima- tion, the local effects of curvature connected with the rotation of the cylindrical shell are absent in the exte- rior region.

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