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Title: Dirac equation in Kerr space-time
Authors: Iyer, B.R.
Kumar, Arvind
Keywords: black holes (astronomy)
cosmology
dirac equation
space-time functions
angular momentum
astronomical models
electromagnetic coupling
gravitational fields
kerr effects
perturbation theory
zeeman effect
Issue Date: Jul-1977
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Citation: Pramana, 1977, Vol. 8, p. 500-511.
Abstract: The weak-field low-velocity approximation of the Dirac equation in Kerr space-time is investigated. The interaction terms admit an interpretation in terms of a 'dipole-dipole' interaction in addition to spin coupling with the angular momentum of the rotating source. The gravitational gyrofactor for spin is identified. The charged case (Kerr-Newman) is studied using a minimal prescription for electromagnetic coupling in the locally inertial frame, and to the leading order the standard electromagnetic gyrofactor is retrieved. A first-order perturbation calculation of the shift of the Schwarzschild energy level yields the main interesting result of this work: anomalous Zeeman splitting of the energy level of a Dirac particle in the Kerr metric.
Description: Open Access
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4534
ISSN: 0304-4289
0973-7111 (Online)
Alternative Location: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02872098
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977Prama...8..500I
Copyright: 1977, Springer Verlag
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