Volume: 16, Issue: 10(2001)
pp. 627-632 DOI: 10.1142/S0217732301003814
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| Title: |
THE ENERGY OF 5D SOLITONS |
| Author(s): |
W. N. SAJKO
Department of Physics, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, CanadaP. S. WESSON
Corresponding author.
Department of Physics, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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| History: |
Received 5 January 2001
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| Abstract: |
We clarify the status of 5D solitons by calculating their energies
using a Hamiltonian approach. These objects in general possess
gravitational, scalar and electromagnetic energy which complicates
their space–time structure. However, the Schwarzschild case is
unique in having an event horizon that gives back the usual 4D
entropy. We outline applications to grand-unified theories and tests
of the equivalence principle. |
| Keywords: |
Gravity; Kaluza–Klein and string theory; Hamiltonian approach
PACS numbers:
11.10.Kk, 11.10Ef, 04.50.+h
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