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Gravitational-wave propagation in the five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time

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Il Nuovo Cimento B (1971-1996)

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The behaviours of small perturbation around the Kaluza-Klein metric in the five-dimensional space-time are investigated. The solutions to the coupled equations for the amplitude of the metric perturbation for the five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time are obtained. Odd- and even-parity perturbations propagate in the five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time provided that the perturbations are constants in the fifth direction. The small perturbations are identified with gravitational waves.

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  1. Physics Laboratory, Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa Campus, 9 Hokumoncho, 070, Asahikawa, Japan

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Abe, O. Gravitational-wave propagation in the five-dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time. Il Nuovo Cimento B 109, 659–673 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728448

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