Charged spinning particles on circular orbits in the Reissner-Nordstrom space-time

摘要

The behavior of charged spinning test particles moving along circular orbits in the equatorial plane of the Reissner-Nordstrom space-time is studied in the framework of the Dixon-Souriau model completed with standard choices of supplementary conditions. The gravitomagnetic "clock effect," i.e. the delay in the arrival times of two oppositely circulating particles as measured by a static observer, is derived and discussed in the cases in which the particles have equal/opposite charge and spin, the latter being directed along the z-axis.