TY - JOUR
T1 - Black holes as windows to extra dimensions
AU - Davidson, Aharon
AU - Owen, David A.
PY - 1985/5/30
Y1 - 1985/5/30
N2 - We derive the static three-dimensional spherically symmetric solution of the Einstein equations in an empty five-dimensional universe, and analyse the effective four-dimensional perspective. The radius of the compact fifth dimension is regarded as a local quantity. Our main conclusion is that the extra dimension becomes visible, and the associated Kaluza-Klein gauge interaction singular, when approaching the modified Schwarzschild horizon. The possibility of "massless" black holes is noted.
AB - We derive the static three-dimensional spherically symmetric solution of the Einstein equations in an empty five-dimensional universe, and analyse the effective four-dimensional perspective. The radius of the compact fifth dimension is regarded as a local quantity. Our main conclusion is that the extra dimension becomes visible, and the associated Kaluza-Klein gauge interaction singular, when approaching the modified Schwarzschild horizon. The possibility of "massless" black holes is noted.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0001679241&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90647-1
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(85)90647-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001679241
VL - 155
SP - 247
EP - 250
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 4
ER -