Uma análise das implicações de um espaço com dimensões extras no campo elétrico e no poço de potencial infinito.

Abstract

According to our common sense, space-time seems to have four dimensions. However, there are reasons to believe, from the viewpoint of theoretical physics, in the existence of extra dimensions. Models of unification of fundamental interactions as described in the Kaluza- Klein theory, postulate the existence of a spatial coordinate that is packed in a circle of radius 𝑅� of the Planck scale length. However, although we cannot prove the existence of the extra dimensions until now, we can see at least from the theoretical point of view some implications that this type of space would cause in physical laws. This work aims to verify how the existence of extra compact dimensions can affect the behavior of the electric field, generated by a specific configuration of charges, and their interference also in the problem of the infinite potential well, that is a problem of quantum mechanics.