Open AccessBrans-Dicke Theory on M4 xZ2 Geometry
Author(s) -
Akira Kokado,
Gaku Konisi,
Takesi Saito,
Keiji Uehara
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.96.1291
Subject(s) - physics , noncommutative geometry , space (punctuation) , gauge theory , noncommutative quantum field theory , geometry , foundations of geometry , quantum differential calculus , gauge (firearms) , theoretical physics , mathematical physics , absolute geometry , classical mechanics , differential geometry , projective geometry , mathematics , history , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , convex set , convex optimization , regular polygon
The gauge theory on $M_4\times Z_2$ geometry is applied to theBrans-Dicke(BD) theory, where $M_4$ is the four dimensional space-time and$Z_2$ is a discrete space with two points. This approach had been previouslyproposed by Konisi and Saito without recourse to noncommutative geometry(NCG).Since our approach is geometrically simpler and clearer than NCG, one can seemore directly the effect of the $Z_2$ space in obtaining the BD theory.Comment: 12 pages, LaTeX fil
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