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dilaton  

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  • In particle physics, the hypothetical dilaton particle is a particle of a scalar field φ that appears in theories with extra dimensions when the volume of the compactified dimensions varies. It appears as a radion in Kaluza–Klein theory's compactifications of extra dimensions. In Brans–Dicke theory of gravity, Newton's constant is not presumed to be constant but instead 1/G is replaced by a scalar field φ and the associated particle is the dilaton. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilaton)

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