Light-Cone Kaluza-Klein Geometry: Confined Propagation as a Particle Model
| dc.creator | Jennings, Donald E. | |
| dc.date | 2000-04-24 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:09:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:09:47Z | |
| dc.description | A modified Kaluza-Klein theory is proposed in which propagation takes place only at the speed of light. The propagation can be confined to a small volume, forming a particle with rest mass. The usual four space-time coordinates locate the confinement volume, and Kaluza's fifth coordinate is replaced by an internal degree of freedom. Electromagnetism corresponds to a gauge field on the phase of the internal motion. Self-gravity might create the confinement, as in a geon, but the particle would have a Planck mass. This large mass could be made closer to the masses of observed particles if gravity were allowed to increase in strength within the confinement volume. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 10 equations | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0004156 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0004156 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/49989 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | Light-Cone Kaluza-Klein Geometry: Confined Propagation as a Particle Model | |
| dc.type | text |