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Simple analytic model of wormhole formation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-05-12 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

An explicit and simple solution representing the wormhole formation is presented. The spacetime is constructed by gluing the Minkowski and Roberts spacetimes at null hypersurfaces in a regular manner. The parameters in the Roberts solution are required to give the negative kinetic term for the massless scalar field. Although a curvature singularity appears at the moment of the wormhole formation, it disappears instantaneously. This instantaneous singularity is weak in the senses of both Tipler and Kr\'{o}lak along radial causal geodesics.

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@article{arxiv.0811.2962,
  title  = {Simple analytic model of wormhole formation},
  author = {Hideki Maeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2962},
  year   = {2010}
}

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9 pages, 3 figures, final version to appear in Physical Review D

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