Inducing charges and currents from extra dimensions
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چکیده
In a particular variant of Kaluza-Klein theory, the so-called inducedmatter theory (IMT), it is shown that any configuration of matter may be geometrically induced from a five-dimensional vacuum space. By using a similar approach we show that any distribution of charges and currents may also be induced from a five-dimensional space. Whereas in the case of IMT the geometry is Riemannian and the fundamental equations are the five-dimensional Einstein equations in vacuum, here we consider a Minkowskian geometry and five-dimensional Maxwell equations in vacuum.
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