• Dirac equation in Kerr space-time

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      Kerr space-time; Dirac equation; anomalous Zeeman effect

    • Abstract

       

      The weak field-low velocity approximation of Dirac equation in Kerr space-time is investigated. The interaction terms admit of an interpretation in terms of a ‘dipole-dipole’ interaction in addition to coupling of spin with the angular momentum of the rotating source. The gravitational gyro-factor for spin is identified. The charged case (Kerr-Newman) is studied using minimal prescription for electromagnetic coupling in the locally inertial frame and to the leading order the standard electromagnetic gyro-factor is retrieved. A first order perturbation calculation of the shift of the Schwarzschild energy level yields the main interesting result of this work: the anomalous Zeeman splitting of the energy level of a Dirac particle in Kerr metric.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      B R Iyer1 Arvind Kumar1

      1. Department of Physics, University of Bombay, Bombay - 400098
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