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Worldsheet traversable wormholes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-05-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We construct worldsheet traversable wormholes by considering the effects of a double-trace deformation, δLhϕLϕR\delta\mathcal{L}\sim h\partial\phi_L\partial\phi_R, coupling the endpoints of an open string in AdS space. The operator deforming the theory is irrelevant and makes the boundaries bend inward toward the IR. This effect, reminiscent of two-dimensional dilaton gravities, renders the teleportation protocol more efficient and facilitates the transfer of information between the members of the dual Bell pair. We compare our results with those obtained with the standard double-trace deformation, δLhϕLϕR\delta\mathcal{L}\sim h\phi_L\phi_R, introduced by Gao, Jafferis and Wall.

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@article{arxiv.2211.13262,
  title  = {Worldsheet traversable wormholes},
  author = {Jan de Boer and Viktor Jahnke and Keun-Young Kim and Juan F. Pedraza},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.13262},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

34 pages, multiple figures. v2: minor additions and references updated. Matches JHEP version

R2 v1 2026-06-28T06:42:44.569Z