Seminars

Dynamical sectors for a spinning particle in AdS_3

by Prof. J. Gomis

Europe/Rome
Description
We  consider the dynamics of the motion of a particle of mass M and spin J in AdS_3. The study reveals the presence of different dynamical sectors depending on the relative value of M,  J and the AdS_3 radius R. For the subcritical M^2 R^2-J^2 >0 and supercritical M^2 R^2-J^2<0 cases, it is seen that the equations of motion  give the geodesics of AdS_3. For the critical case M^2 R^2=J^2 there exist extra gauge transformations which further reduce the physical degrees of freedom, and the motion corresponds to the geodesics of AdS_2.