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The Kaluza-Klein theory and four-dimensional spacetime

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The conventional electromagnetism, which includes Maxwell's field equations and the Lorentz force relation, does not provide an explanation of well-known electromagnetic phenomena, such as the Aharonov-Bohm interference effect and the Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect in superconductors. In this paper, it is shown that the Kaluza-Klein five-dimensional theory suggests a simple explanation of these effects on a unified basis.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, D-1000, Berlin 12, Germany

    J. A. Ferrari

  2. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Tristán Narvaja 1674, Montevideo, Uruguay

    J. Griego

  3. Laboratorio de Física Teórica, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C.C. 67, 1900, La Plata, Argentina

    J. Griego

  4. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, MS 63, 02138, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    E. E. Falco

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Ferrari, J.A., Griego, J. & Falco, E.E. The Kaluza-Klein theory and four-dimensional spacetime. Gen Relat Gravit 21, 69–78 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756185

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