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Einstein-Cartan-Maxwell Theory with Scalar Field through a Five-Dimensional Unification

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A modification of Kaluza-Klein theory is proposed in which, as a result of a symmetry breaking, five-dimensional space-time is partially parallelized implying the appearance of torsion fields. A naturally chosen action functional leads to the Einstein-Cartan-Maxwell theory where the electromagnetic field strength is represented by the fifth component of the torsion 2-form. Incorporation of a scalar field reveals that four-dimensional space-time torsion is not induced by the scalar field.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9808004,
  title  = {Einstein-Cartan-Maxwell Theory with Scalar Field through a Five-Dimensional Unification},
  author = {C. Kohler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9808004},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, REVTeX