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arxiv: gr-qc/0507024 · v1 · submitted 2005-07-07 · 🌀 gr-qc

Gravitational ultrarelativistic spin-orbit interaction and the weak equivalence principle

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keywords equivalencegravitationalinteractionprinciplespin-orbitspinningtestultrarelativistic
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It is shown that the gravitational ultrarelativistic spin-orbit interaction violates the weak equivalence principle in the traditional sense. This fact is a direct consequence of the Mathisson-Papapetrou equations in the frame of reference comoving with a spinning test particle. The widely held assumption that the deviation of a spinning test body from a geodesic trajectory is caused by tidal forces is not correct

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