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Positivity of energy in five dimensional classical unified field theories, II
Authors:A. H. Taub
Affiliation:

Mathematics Department University of California, Barkeley, CA 94720, USA

Abstract:Five dimensional classical unified field theories as well as Yang-Mills theory with gauge group U(1), are described in terms of a Lorentzian five dimensional space V5 with metric tensor γβ which admits a space-like Killing vector ζ. It is assumed that: (1) V5 has the topology of V4 x S1, S1 is a circle and V4 is a four dimensional Lorentzian space that is asymptotically flat and (2) the Einstein tensor Γβ of V5 satisfies Γβ Uυβ 0 where U and υ are future oriented time-like vectors with γβυζβ = 0. The spinor approach of Witten [4], Nester [3] and Moreschi and Sparling [5] is used to show that the conserved five dimensional energymomentum vector P = ifΓβ = 0 then V5 must admit a time-like Killing vector. Lichnerowicz's results [1] then imply that V5 must be flat. A lower bound for P4 (the mass) similar to that found by Gibbons and Hull [6] is obtained.
Keywords:Five dimensional field theories   Positivity of energy
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