2000/05/25 by Hongya Liu, Bahram Mashhoon
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(00)00407-2
published as Phys.Lett. A272 (2000) 26-31 · LaTeX, 12 pages, no figures, 2 references added, to appear in Phys. Lett. A
arxiv created 2000/05/25 · openalex publication_date 2000/07/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We extend the classical general relativistic theory of measurement to include the possibility of existence of higher dimensions. The intrusion of these dimensions in the spacetime interval implies that the inertial mass of a particle in general varies along its worldline if the observations are analyzed assuming the existence of only the four spacetime dimensions. The variations of mass and spin are explored in a simple 5D Kaluza-Klein model.