An Embedding for General Relativity and its Implications for New Physics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We show that any solution of the 4D Einstein equations of general relativity in vacuum with a cosmological constant may be embedded in a solution of the 5D Ricci-flat equations with an effective 4D cosmological "constant" that is a specific function of the extra coordinate. For unified theories of the forces in higher dimensions, this has major physical implications.
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@article{arxiv.0705.0067,
title = {An Embedding for General Relativity and its Implications for New Physics},
author = {Bahram Mashhoon and Paul Wesson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.0067},
year = {2008}
}