Integrability of Spinning Particle Motion in Higher-Dimensional Rotating Black Hole Spacetimes

David Kubizňák and Marco Cariglia
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 051104 – Published 31 January 2012

Abstract

We study the motion of a classical spinning particle (with spin degrees of freedom described by a vector of Grassmann variables) in higher-dimensional general rotating black hole spacetimes with a cosmological constant. In all dimensions n we exhibit n bosonic functionally independent integrals of spinning particle motion, corresponding to explicit and hidden symmetries generated from the principal conformal Killing-Yano tensor. Moreover, we demonstrate that in 4-, 5-, 6-, and 7-dimensional black hole spacetimes such integrals are in involution, proving the bosonic part of the motion integrable. We conjecture that the same conclusion remains valid in all higher dimensions. Our result generalizes the result of Page et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 061102 (2007)] on complete integrability of geodesic motion in these spacetimes.

  • Received 12 October 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.051104

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

David Kubizňák*

  • DAMTP, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, United Kingdom
  • Perimeter Institute, 31 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5, Canada

Marco Cariglia

  • Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, ICEB, Departamento de Física. Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000–Ouro Preto, MG–Brasil

  • *dkubiznak@perimeterinstitute.ca
  • marco@iceb.ufop.br

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Vol. 108, Iss. 5 — 3 February 2012

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