Fractional Laplacian Spinning Particle in External Electromagnetic Field

Abstract

We construct a fractional Laplacian spinning particle model in an external electromagnetic field that generalizes a standard relativistic spinning particle model without anti-commuting spin variables. The one-dimensional fractional Laplacian in world-line variable λ governs the kinetic energy that is non-local in λ. The interaction between the particle’s charge and the electromagnetic four-potential is non-local in λ, while the interaction between the particle’s spin tensor and the electromagnetic field is standard. By applying the variational principle, we obtain the equations of motion for particle coordinates. We solve analytically the equations of motion in two particular cases: the constant electric and magnetic field. For more complex field configurations, the equations are, in general, non-local and non-linear. By making the assumption of a much weaker interaction term between the charge and four-potential compared with the interaction between spinning degrees of freedom and the electromagnetic field, we obtain approximate analytical solutions in the case of a quadratic electromagnetic potential.

Keywords

• fractional Laplacian
• fractional field theory
• fractional particle
• fractional calculus