Nonminimal coupling, equivalence principle and exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation
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It is shown that the exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for spin-0 particles on spacetimes described by the metrics ds = V dt −W dx, where V = V (x) and W = W (x), only exists if the scalar field is nonminimally coupled to the Ricci scalar field with a coupling constant equal to 1 6 . The nonminimal coupling term, in turn, does not violate the equivalence principle. As an application we obtain the nonrelativistic Foldy-Wouthuysen Hamiltonian concerning the general solution to the linearized field equations of higher-derivative gravity for a static pointlike source in the Teyssandier gauge. Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (A. Accioly)
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