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Ultrarelativistic gravity and extremely energetic cosmic ray
Phys. Rev. D 111, L021302 – Published 10 January, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L021302
Abstract
Two main factors are taken into account when describing the behavior of energetic cosmic rays near black holes: the strong magnetic field and gravity, which determines the geodesic motion of the particles. We draw attention to the third factor: since cosmic ray particles have a nonzero spin, the spin-gravity coupling can play an important role in the ultrarelativistic regime. The reaction of the spinning particle on the gravitomagnetic components of the field of the fast-moving Schwarzschild mass is considered. Some examples and numerical estimations are presented.
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