Published July 15, 2002 | Version v1
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Static and dynamic traversable wormhole geometries satisfying the Ford-Roman constraints

  • 1. Department of Mathematics, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3109 (United States)

Description

It was shown by Ford and Roman in 1996 that quantum field theory severely constrains wormhole geometries on a macroscopic scale. The first part of this paper discusses a wide class of wormhole solutions that meet these constraints. The type of shape function used is essentially generic. The constraints are then discussed in conjunction with various redshift functions. Violations of the weak energy condition and traversability criteria are also considered. The second part of the paper analyzes analogous time-dependent (dynamic) wormholes with the aid of differential forms. It is shown that a violation of the weak energy condition is not likely to be avoidable even temporarily

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
66
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 024015-024015.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35067396
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RED SHIFT; SPACE-TIME; TIME DEPENDENCE; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICS

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(c) 2002 The American Physical Society