An Experimental Test of the Classical Interpretation of the Kaluza Fifth Dimension
| Autor: | Martin Tajmar, L. L. Williams |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Electromagnetic field
Physics Physics::General Physics 010308 nuclear & particles physics General relativity time dilation Context (language use) charged clocks higher dimensions Rest frame 01 natural sciences Electric charge Physics::History of Physics lcsh:QC1-999 Theoretical physics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Gravitational field Kaluza classical fields 0103 physical sciences general relativity Time dilation Electric potential 010306 general physics lcsh:Physics |
| Zdroj: | Physics, Vol 2, Iss 33, Pp 587-595 (2020) Physics Volume 2 Issue 4 Pages 33-595 |
| ISSN: | 2624-8174 |
| Popis: | Kaluza was the first to realize that the four-dimensional gravitational field of general relativity and the classical electromagnetic field behave as if they were components of a five-dimensional gravitational field. We present a novel experimental test of the macroscopic classical interpretation of the Kaluza fifth dimension. Our experiment design probes a key feature of Kaluza unification&mdash that electric charge is identified with motion in the fifth dimension. Therefore, we tested for a time dilation effect on an electrically charged clock. This test can also be understood as a constraint on time dilation from a constant electric potential of any origin. This is only the second such test of time dilation under electric charge reported in the literature, and a null result was obtained here. We introduce the concept of a charged clock in the Kaluza context, and discuss some ambiguities in its interpretation. We conclude that a classical, macroscopic interpretation of the Kaluza fifth dimension may require a timelike signature in the five-dimensional metric, and the associated absence of a rest frame along the fifth coordinate. |
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