Wigner rotation via Fermi-Walker transport and relativistic EPR correlations in the Schwarzschild spacetime

TL;DR

This paper derives the Wigner rotation angle for particles in Schwarzschild spacetime using Fermi-Walker transport, explores its impact on relativistic EPR correlations, and discusses how spacetime geometry and acceleration influence quantum entanglement and Bell inequality violations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method to compute Wigner rotation via Fermi-Walker transport in curved spacetime and links it to relativistic quantum correlations.

Findings

Wigner rotation angle affects EPR correlations and Bell inequality violations.

Relativistic effects depend on spacetime geometry and particle acceleration.

Fermi-Walker transport provides a consistent framework for spin precession in curved spacetime.

Abstract

The Wigner rotation angle for a particle in a circular motion in the Schwarzschild spacetime is obtained via the Fermi-Walker transport of spinors. Then, by applying the WKB approximation, a possible application of the Fermi-Walker transport of spinors in relativistic EPR correlations is discussed, where it is shown that the spins of the correlated particle undergo a precession in an analogous way to that obtained by Terashima and Ueda [H. Terashima and M. Ueda, Phys. Rev. A {\bf69}, 032113 (2004)] via the application of successive infinitesimal Lorentz transformations. Moreover, from the WKB approach, it is also shown that the degree of violation of the Bell inequality depends on the Wigner rotation angle obtained via the Fermi-Walker transport. Finally, the relativistic effects from the geometry of the spacetime and the accelerated motion of the correlated particles is discussed in the nonrelativistic limit.