Conservation of Optical Chirality in Superconductors as a measure for 5 dimensional Electromagnetism

TL;DR

This paper proposes using superconductors to test for the existence of a fifth non-compactified spatial dimension by extending electromagnetic theory into five-dimensional Minkowski space.

Contribution

It introduces a novel experimental framework employing superconductors to detect potential signatures of a fifth dimension in electromagnetism.

Findings

Theoretical extension of electromagnetism to five dimensions.

Proposal of superconductors as a testbed for extra dimensions.

Potential observable effects in superconducting systems.

Abstract

Currently only three spatial and one temporal dimensions are considered to be "physical". Recently, solutions to a plethora of questions have used the notion of extra-dimensions. The experimental verification of the existence of such extra dimensions, however, remains elusive. Here by applying standard electromagnetism to five dimensional Minkowski space-time, we propose a novel test ground to search for a new non-compactified lengthlike extra dimension. in this regard, we propose superconductors as a testbed for this hypothetical new extra dimension.