Decoherence in quantum Kaluza-Klein theories
Nuclear Physics BPublished 1 April 1991
Felicity Mellor
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Abstract
Kaluza-Klein theories permit a variety of compactifications and arbitrary scales for the internal space. There must be no quantum interference between these different possibilities. This paper demonstrates that in the Salam-Sezgin compactification interference between differently scaled internal spaces is suppressed. The calculation is carried out in the WKB approximation, and all questions of non-renormalizability are neglected.
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