Kaluza-Klein theory

introduction

• added an extra dimenstion to the three dimensions of space and in so doing, gave a unified description of gravity and electrodynamics
• two extra dimensions rolled up into a tiny 2-sphere
• three photonlike particles emerged
• each photon carried charge; it could emit either of the other two

 

 

 

 

encyclopedia

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluza–Klein_theory
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
• http://www.scholarpedia.org/
• http://eom.springer.de
• http://www.proofwiki.org/wiki/