Negative modes in the four-dimensional stringy wormholes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-18 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We study the Giddings-Strominger wormholes in string theories. We found negative modes among O(4)-symmetric fluctuations about the non-singular wormhole background. Hence the stringy wormhole contribution to the euclidean functional integral is purely imaginary. This means that the stringy wormhole is a bounce (not an instanton) and describes the nucleation and growth of wormholes in the Minkowski spacetime.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9701116,
title = {Negative modes in the four-dimensional stringy wormholes},
author = {Jin Young Kim and H. W. Lee and Y. S. Myung},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9701116},
year = {2014}
}
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12 pages 2 figures, RevTeX