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New definition of wormhole throat

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-11 v1

Abstract

We present a new definition of the wormhole throat including the flare-out condition and the traversability for general dynamical spacetimes in terms of null geodesic congruences. We will examine our definition for some examples and see advantages compared to the others.

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@article{arxiv.1503.01926,
  title  = {New definition of wormhole throat},
  author = {Yoshimune Tomikawa and Keisuke Izumi and Tetsuya Shiromizu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.01926},
  year   = {2015}
}

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7 pages