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Brans-Dicke cylindrical wormholes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-02-12 v3

Abstract

Static axisymmetric thin-shell wormholes are constructed within the framework of the Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor theory of gravity. Examples of wormholes associated with vacuum and electromagnetic fields are studied. All constructions must be threaded by exotic matter, except in the case of geometries with a singularity of finite radius, associated with an electric field, which can have a throat supported by ordinary matter. These results are achieved with any of the two definitions of the flare-out condition considered.

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@article{arxiv.1008.0382,
  title  = {Brans-Dicke cylindrical wormholes},
  author = {Ernesto F. Eiroa and Claudio Simeone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.0382},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

11 pages, 3 figures; v3: corrected version, conclusions unchanged

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