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arxiv: gr-qc/0306062 · v1 · submitted 2003-06-16 · 🌀 gr-qc

Multipole particle in relativity

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keywords equationsobjectsmotionmultipolepapapetrouparticlecenter-of-masschanging
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We discuss the motion of extended objects in a spacetime by considering a gravitational field created by these objects. We define multipole moments of the objects as a classification by Lie group SO(3). Then, we construct an energy-momentum tensor for the objects and derive equations of motion from it. As a result, we reproduce the Papapetrou equations for a spinning particle. Furthermore, we will show that we can obtain more simple equations than the Papapetrou equations by changing the center-of-mass.

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