Kaluza-Klein gravity.
Abstract
The authors review higher-dimensional unified theories from the general relativity, rather than the particle physics side. Three distinct approaches to the subject are identified and contrasted: compactified, projective and noncompactified. They discuss the cosmological and astrophysical implications of extra dimensions, and conclude that none of the three approaches can be ruled out on observational grounds at the present time.
- Publication:
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Physics Reports
- Pub Date:
- April 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0370-1573(96)00046-4
- arXiv:
- arXiv:gr-qc/9805018
- Bibcode:
- 1997PhR...283..303O
- Keywords:
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- Cosmology: Kaluza-Klein Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- 99 pages, no figures, Latex (uses elsart.sty and elsart12.sty) Also available at http://astro.uwaterloo.ca/~wesson/intro.html