Helicity Precession of Spin-1/2 Particles in Weak Inertial and Gravitational Fields

Details Helicity Precession of Spin-1/2 Particles in Weak Inertial and Gravitational Fields Helicity Precession of Spin-1/2 Particles in Weak Inertial and Gravitational Fields

2004-05-30

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0405296v1

J.Phys. A37 (2004) 8329-8348

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

17 pages with no figures. Submitted to Nuclear Physics B

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We calculate the helicity and chirality effects experienced by a spin-1/2 particle subjected to classical electromagnetic and gravitational fields. The helicity evolution is then determined in the non-relativistic, relativistic, and ultra-relativistic regimes. We find that inertia-gravitation can distinguish between helicity and chirality. Helicity is not conserved, in general, even when the particles are massless. In this case, however, the inertial fields can hardly be applied to the fermions.

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