On the Field Equations of Kaluza's Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-09-24 v3
Abstract
The field equations of the original Kaluza's theory are analyzed and it is shown that they lead to modification of Einstein's equations. The appearing extra energy-momentum tensor is studied and an example is given where this extra energy-momentum tensor is shown to allow four-dimensional Schwarzschild geometry to accommodate electrostatics. Such deviation from Reissner-Nordstrom geometry can account for the interpretation of Schwarzschild geometry as resulting not from mass only, but from the combined effects of mass and electric charge, even electric charge alone.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0401193,
title = {On the Field Equations of Kaluza's Theory},
author = {Rossen I. Ivanov and Emil M. Prodanov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0401193},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, two sections added and title changed. To appear in Physics Letters B