The Problem of Motion in the Kaluza Theory

Abstract

It is shown that the equations of motion for a charged massive particle are consequences of the field equations in Kaluza unification theory of gravitation and electromagnetism, i.e., the equations of motion for the particle can be deduced from Kaluza field equations, just as that in Einstein's theory of motion of general relativity the equations of motion for a massive particle are consequences of the Einstein equations. Furthermore, the Lorentz equations for a particle moving in the Maxwell electromagnetic field on the Minkowskian space-time can also be obtained from the Maxwell equations by means of the Kaluze mechanism of the Maxwell theory.