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Euclidean Wormholes in String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-04-22 v2

Abstract

We show that toroidal compactification of type II string theory to six dimensions admits axionic euclidean wormhole solutions. These wormholes can be inserted into AdS3×S3×T4AdS_3 \times S^3 \times T^4 backgrounds, which have a well-defined CFT dual. AdS/CFT duality then suggests that the wormhole solutions cannot be interpreted using α\alpha parameters as originally suggested by Coleman.

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@article{arxiv.0705.2768,
  title  = {Euclidean Wormholes in String Theory},
  author = {Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jacopo Orgera and Joseph Polchinski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0705.2768},
  year   = {2009}
}
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