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Wormholes in Maximal Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-07-24 v1

Abstract

In this brief note, we reconsider the problem of finding Euclidean wormhole solutions to maximal supergravity in d dimensions. We find that such solutions exists for all d less than or equal to 9. However, we argue that, in toroidally-compactified string theories, these saddle points never contribute to the path integral because of a tension with U-duality.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0707.3168,
  title  = {Wormholes in Maximal Supergravity},
  author = {Aaron Bergman and Jacques Distler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3168},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, LaTeX2e with utarticle.cls

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