Constraints on Kaluza-Klein gravity from Gravity Probe B

J.M. Overduin; P.S. Wesson; R.D. Everett

Constraints on Kaluza-Klein gravity from Gravity Probe B

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Using measurements of geodetic precession from Gravity Probe B, we constrain possible departures from Einstein's General Relativity for a spinning test body in Kaluza-Klein gravity with one additional space dimension. We consider the two known static and spherically symmetric solutions of the 5D field equations (the soliton and canonical metrics) and obtain new limits on the free parameters associated with each. The theory is consistent with observation but must be "close to 4D" in both cases.

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