Teleparallel Equivalent of the Kaluza-Klein Theory

Authors :: de Andrade, V. C.
Guillen, L. C. T.
Pereira, J. G.
de Andrade, V. C.
Guillen, L. C. T.
Pereira, J. G.
Publication Year :: 1999
Abstract: Relying upon the equivalence between a gauge theory for the translation group and general relativity, a teleparallel version of the original Kaluza-Klein theory is developed. In this model, only the internal space (fiber) turns out to be five dimensional, spacetime being kept always four dimensional. A five-dimensional translational gauge theory is obtained which unifies, in the sense of Kaluza-Klein theories, gravitational and electromagnetic interactions.<br />Comment: 5 pages, no figures, RevTeX; title and presentation changes, a new paragraph and references added, version to appear in Phys. Rev. D