An exotic class of Kaluza-Klein models

Abstract

We discuss an exotic class of Kaluza-Klein models in which the internal space is neither compact nor even of finite volume. Rather than using the usual compact internal space we consider the case where particles are gravitationally trapped near a four-dimensional submanifold of the higher dimensional spacetime. A specific model exhibiting this phenomenon is constructed in five dimensions. Physics Letters B159, 22-25 (1985). Note: This rather old paper has recently been subject of renewed interest due to the explosion of activity in the ``non-compact extra dimensions'' variant of the Kaluza-Klein model. It is not available elsewhere on the Internet, and in the interests of easy access I am placing it on hep-th. The body of the paper is identical to the published version. A small separate note has been added at the end of the paper.