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Experimental Test for Extra Dimensions in Kaluza–Klein Gravity

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5D Kaluza–Klein gravity has several nonasymptotically flat solutions which generally, possess both electric and magnetic charges. In this paper we suggest that these solutions can act as quantum virtual handles (wormholes) in spacetime foam models. In the presence of a sufficently large, external electric and/or magnetic field it may be possible to “inflate” these solutions from a quantum to a classical state. This effect would lead to a possible experimental signal for higher dimensions in multidimensional gravity.

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    Present address: Theoretical Physics Department, KSNU, 720024, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

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  1. Institut für Mathematik, Universität Potsdam, D-14469, Potsdam, Germany

    V. Dzhunushaliev

  2. Department of Physics, CSU Fresno, 2345 East San Ramon Ave. M/S 37, Fresno, California, 93740-8031, USA

    D. Singleton

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Dzhunushaliev, V., Singleton, D. Experimental Test for Extra Dimensions in Kaluza–Klein Gravity. General Relativity and Gravitation 32, 271–280 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001943725858

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