The equivalence principle as a symmetry

DOI10.1023/A:1022345211439zbMATH Open1039.83029arXivgr-qc/0302092WikidataQ125699244 ScholiaQ125699244MaRDI QIDQ1868469FDOQ1868469

Authors: P. S. Wesson 

Publication date: 27 April 2003

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that the extra coordinate of 5D induced-matter and membrane theory is related in certain gauges to the inertial rest mass of a test particle. This implies that the Weak Equivalence Principle is a geometric symmetry, valid only in the limit in which the test mass is negligible compared to the source mass. Exact solutions illustrate this, and show the way to possible resolutions of the cosmological-constant and hierarchy problems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0302092

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zbMATH Keywords

general relativityinduced-matter theorybrane theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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