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Weak-field limit of Kaluza-Klein models with spherical compactification: problematic aspects

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-02-18 v3 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We investigate classical gravitational tests for the Kaluza-Klein model with spherical compactification of the internal two-dimensional space. In the case of the absence of a multidimensional bare cosmological constant, the only matter which corresponds to the proposed metric ansatz is a perfect fluid with the vacuum equation of state in the external space and the dust-like equation of state in the internal space. We perturb this background by a compact massive source with the dust-like equation of state in both external and internal spaces (e.g., a point-like mass), and obtain the metric coefficients in the weak-field approximation. It enables to calculate the parameterized post-Newtonian parameter γ\gamma. We demonstrate that γ=1/3\gamma=1/3 which strongly contradicts the observations.

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@article{arxiv.1107.3387,
  title  = {Weak-field limit of Kaluza-Klein models with spherical compactification: problematic aspects},
  author = {Alexey Chopovsky and Maxim Eingorn and Alexander Zhuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.3387},
  year   = {2016}
}

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15 pages, no figures, extended version

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