Chirality transitions in gravitational fields

Journal Article · Thu Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.7425· OSTI ID:6785411

Casini, H; Montemayor, R ^[1]

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1. Centro Atomico Bariloche, CNEA and Instituto Balseiro, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 8400 S.C. de Bariloche, Rio Negro (Argentina)

The chirality transitions induced by gravitational fields on Dirac particles are studied within the framework of field theory in curved spaces. To have these transitions both a non-null mass for the particle and an angular momentum for the source of the gravitational field are necessary. The results of this analysis are applied to some simple examples, and an upper bound for the corresponding amplitude is estimated.

• OSTI ID: 6785411
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 50:12; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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