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Extra symmetry in the field equations in 5D with spatial spherical symmetry

J Ponce de Leon

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We point out that the field equations in 5D, with spatial spherical symmetry, possess an extra symmetry that leaves them invariant. This symmetry corresponds to certain simultaneous interchange of coordinates and metric coefficients. As a consequence, a single solution in 5D can generate very different scenarios in 4D, ranging from static configurations to cosmological situations. A new perspective emanates from our work, namely, that different astrophysical and cosmological scenarios in 4D might correspond to the same physics in 5D. We present explicit examples that illustrate this point of view.


PACS

04.50.-h Higher-dimensional gravity and other theories of gravity

04.20.Cv Fundamental problems and general formalism

11.30.-j Symmetry and conservation laws

04.20.Gz Spacetime topology, causal structure, spinor structure

98.80.Jk Mathematical and relativistic aspects of cosmology

MSC

83C05 Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83E15 Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories

83F05 Cosmology

81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) (See also 83E30)

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Particle physics and field theory

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 9 (7 May 2006)

Received 12 December 2005

Published 4 April 2006



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