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Gauge fields with torsion

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The Klein-Kaluza theory with a nonvanishing torsion is developed. The torsion is associated with spin and polarization of a gauge field. The electromagnetic polarization is considered as a source of additional components of torsion connected with the fifth dimension. New physical effects obtained due to this torsion are pointed out and some cosmological models are studied. It is proved that new effects are 1036 times bigger than the effects from the Einstein-Cartan theory. The usual Dirac equation is generalized to the Klein-Kaluza theory with and without torsion. The dipole electric moment of a fermion of order 10−32 cm is obtained. A new generalization of minimal coupling is proposed.

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  1. Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330, Warsaw, Poland

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Partially supported by Polish Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Technology project No. MR17.

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Kalinowski, M.W. Gauge fields with torsion. Int J Theor Phys 20, 563–617 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00671373

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