Inducing charges and currents from extra dimensions
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
In a particular variant of Kaluza-Klein theory, the so-called induced-matter theory (IMT), it is shown that any configuration of matter may be geometrically induced from a five-dimensional vacuum space. By using a similar approach we show that any distribution of charges and currents may also be induced from a five-dimensional vacuum space. Whereas in the case of IMT the geometry is Riemannian and the fundamental equations are the five-dimensional Einstein equations in vacuum, here we consider a Minkowskian geometry and the five-dimensional Maxwell equations in vacuum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0705.2252,
title = {Inducing charges and currents from extra dimensions},
author = {M. A. S. Cruz and F. Dahia and C. Romero},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2252},
year = {2008}
}