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Title: Green functions for wave propagation on a five-dimensional manifold and the associated gauge fields generated by a uniformly moving point source

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2401692· OSTI ID:20861560
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  1. Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan (Israel)

Gauge fields associated with the manifestly covariant dynamics of particles in (3,1) space time are five dimensional (5D). We provide solutions of the classical 5D gauge field equations in both (4,1) and (3,2) flat space-time metrics for the simple example of a uniformly moving point source. Green functions for the 5D field equations are obtained, which are consistent with the solutions for uniform motion obtained directly from the field equations with free asymptotic conditions.

OSTI ID:
20861560
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 47, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2401692; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English