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Wormholes in Wyman's solution

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2014-09-29 v4

Abstract

The most general solution of the Einstein field equations coupled with a massless scalar field is known as Wyman's solution. This solution is also present in the Brans-Dicke theory and, due to its importance, it has been studied in detail by many authors. However, this solutions has not been studied from the perspective of a possible wormhole. In this paper, we perform a detailed analysis of this issue. It turns out that there is a wormhole. Although we prove that the so-called throat cannot be traversed by human beings, it can be traversed by particles and bodies that can last long enough.

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@article{arxiv.1404.0328,
  title  = {Wormholes in Wyman's solution},
  author = {J. B. Formiga and T. S. Almeida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.0328},
  year   = {2014}
}

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