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Kaluza-Klein geodesic Lorentz force (dsDx˙i​=kFij​x˙j)

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For ds52​=γij​dxidxj+(dz+Ai​dxi)2 with z-independent coefficients, the geodesic Lagrangian makes k=z˙+Ai​x˙i constant. Its remaining Euler-Lagrange equations give the displayed Lorentz force, where F=dA and D uses the Levi-Civita connection of γ. For a particle of five-dimensional mass M with proper-time parameter s, the conserved momentum is pz​=Mk and the four-dimensional rest mass is m=M1+k2​. Reparametrizing by four-dimensional proper time gives Dui/dτ=(pz​/m)Fij​uj.

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