Kaluza-Klein geodesic Lorentz force

ID: kaluza-klein-geodesic-lorentz-force

For with -independent coefficients, the geodesic Lagrangian makes constant. Its remaining Euler-Lagrange equations give the displayed Lorentz force, where and uses the Levi-Civita connection of . For a particle of five-dimensional mass with proper-time parameter , the conserved momentum is and the four-dimensional rest mass is . Reparametrizing by four-dimensional proper time gives .

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