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A particle model with extra dimensions from Coadjoint Poincare' Symmetry

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-06-23 v1

Abstract

Starting from the coadjoint Poincar\'e algebra we construct a point particle relativistic model with an interpretation in terms of extra-dimensional variables. The starting coadjoint Poincar\'e algebra is able to induce a mechanism of dimensional reduction between the usual coordinates of the Minkowski space and the extra-dimensional variables which turn out to form an antisymmetric tensor under the Lorentz group. Analysing the dynamics of this model, we find that, in a particular limit, it is possible to integrate out the extra variables and determine their effect on the dynamics of the material point in the usual space time. The model describes a particle in DD dimensions subject to a harmonic motion when one of the parameters of the model is negative. The result can be interpreted as a modification to the flat Minkowski metric with non trivial Riemann, Ricci tensors and scalar curvature

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@article{arxiv.2006.11725,
  title  = {A particle model with extra dimensions from Coadjoint Poincare' Symmetry},
  author = {Andrea Barducci and Roberto Casalbuoni and Joaquim Gomis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.11725},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages