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LOOKING FOR THE FIFTH DIMENSION

Paul S. Wesson1
  • 1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

Abstract

An exact solution shows that a new kind of wave can propagate through the Einstein vacuum if there is an extra dimension, thereby providing a way to test the dimensionality of the universe.

Physics International
Volume 5 No. 1, 2014, 5-7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2014.5.7

Submitted On: 18 February 2014 Published On: 19 March 2014

How to Cite: Wesson, P. S. (2014). LOOKING FOR THE FIFTH DIMENSION. Physics International, 5(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.3844/pisp.2014.5.7

Open AccessCopyright: © 2014 Paul S. Wesson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Extra Dimensions
  • Cosmological Constant
  • Causality