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arXiv 0711.1004gr-qc
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四维时空中试验粒子的最小action原理

The principle of least action for test particles in a four-dimensional spacetime embedded in 5D

J. Ponce de Leon

摘要:

众所周知,在膜世界和时空质量理论的五维场景中,观察到5D中的测地线运动在4D中是非测地线的。通常情况下,讨论是纯粹的几何,并基于5D测地线方程的降维,而不涉及任何测试粒子。本文从最小作用量原理出发,直接导出了四维空间的运动方程。因此,我们的主要重点不是几何形状,而是在4D中观察到的粒子。从我们的工作中可以看到一幅清晰的物理图像。具体地说,这种偏离四维测地线的运动是由于粒子静止质量的变化,而静止质量的变化是由四维度规中的标量场和时空度规对额外坐标的显式依赖引起的。因此,最小作用量原理不仅导出了正确的运动方程,而且为测地线方程的几何约化中出现的一些代数量提供了具体的物理意义。

英文摘要:

It is well known that, in the five-dimensional scenario of braneworld and space-time-mass theories, geodesic motion in 5D is observed to be non-geodesic in 4D. Usually, the discussion is purely geometric and based on the dimensional reduction of the geodesic equation in 5D, without any reference to the test particle whatsoever. In this work we obtain the equation of motion in 4D directly from the principle of least action. So our main thrust is not the geometry but the particle observed in 4D. A clear physical picture emerges from our work. Specifically, that the deviation from the geodesic motion in 4D is due to the variation of the rest mass of a particle, which is induced by the scalar field in the 5D metric and the explicit dependence of the spacetime metric on the extra coordinate. Thus, the principle of least action not only leads to the correct equations of motion, but also provides a concrete physical meaning for a number of algebraic quantities appearing in the geometrical reduction of the geodesic equation.

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