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Spinning test particle in Kalb-Ramond background

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In this work we explore the geodesic deviations of spinning test particles in a string inspired Einstein-Kalb-Ramond background. Such a background is known to be equivalent to a spacetime geometry with torsion. We have shown here that the antisymmetric Kalb-Ramond field has a significant effect on the geodesic deviation of a spinning test particle. A search for observational evidence of such an effect in astrophysical experiments may lead to a better understanding of the geometry of the background spacetime.

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  1. Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 700 032, Calcutta, India

    D. Maity & S. SenGupta

  2. Institute of Physics, 751005, Bhubaneswar, India

    S. Sur

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Received: 5 April 2005, Revised: 19 May 2005, Published online: 8 July 2005

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Maity, D., SenGupta, S. & Sur, S. Spinning test particle in Kalb-Ramond background. Eur. Phys. J. C 42, 453–460 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02297-6

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