Summary
A possible method of obtaining massless fermions and a zero cosmological constant within the context of generalized Kaluza-Klein theories by introducing random constant fields having support over all space is presented. It is seen that this can be achieved through the presence of a random magnetic condensate and that such a result can be related to the presence of vorticity in the additional (hidden) dimensions.
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Si presenta un possibile metodo per ottenere fermioni di massa nulla e una costante cosmologica nulla nell’ambito di teorie di Kaluza-Klein generalizzate, tramite l’introduzione di campi costanti e casuali con supporto su tutto lo spazio. Si trova che ciò è possibile in presenza di un condensato magnetico casuale e che tale risultato può essere collegato alla presenza di una vorticità nelle dimensioni (nascoste) in piú.
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Bergamini, R., Giacconi, P. & Venturi, G. Fermion masses and cosmology in multidimensional unified theories. Nuov Cim A 90, 223–231 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02724232
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