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A Discretized Version of Kaluza-Klein Theory with Torsion and Massive Fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider an internal space of two discrete points in the fifth dimension of the Kaluza-Klein theory by using the formalism of noncommutative geometry developed in a previous paper \cite{VIWA} of a spacetime supplemented by two discrete points. With the nonvanishing internal torsion 2-form there are no constraints implied on the vielbeins. The theory contains a pair of tensor, a pair of vector and a pair of scalar fields. Using the generalized Cartan structure equation we are able not only to determine uniquely the hermitian and metric compatible connection 1-forms, but also the nonvanishing internal torsion 2-form in terms of vielbeins. The resulting action has a rich and complex structure, a particular feature being the existence of massive modes. Thus the nonvanishing internal torsion generates a Kaluza-Klein type model with zero and massive modes.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9508032,
  title  = {A Discretized Version of Kaluza-Klein Theory with Torsion and Massive Fields},
  author = {Nguyen Ai Viet and Kameshwar C. Wali},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9508032},
  year   = {2015}
}

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