Massless spinning test particles in algebraically special vacuum space-times

International Journal of Modern Physics D

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 737-758

  Bini, Donato ^a,b,c   Cherubini, Christian ^b,d   Geralico, Andrea ^b   Jantzen, Robert T ^b,e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Papapetrou equations; Spinning particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746459423     PISSN: 02182718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218271806008498     Document Type: Article

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