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We consider static spherically symmetric solutions in the scalar-tensor theory of gravity with a scalar field possessing the nonminimal kinetic coupling to the curvature. The lagrangian of the theory contains the term $(\varepsilon…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 R. V. Korolev , Sergey V. Sushkov

There are several exotic tunneling processes that can be realized only by incorporating the effect of gravity. Here, we point out that we encounter difficulties in constructing the WKB wave function, once we try to describe quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-29 Stefano Ansoldi , Takahiro Tanaka

The effects of asymptotically anti-de Sitter wormholes in low-energy field theory are calculated in full detail for three different matter contents: a conformal scalar field, an electromagnetic field and gravitons. There exists a close…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 C. Barcelo , L. J. Garay

We compute tunneling in a quantum field theory in 1+1 dimensions for a field potential $U(\Phi)$ of the asymmetric double well type. The system is localized initially in the ``false vacuum''. We consider the case of a {\em compact space}…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 J. Baacke , N. Kevlishvili

We construct exact nonstatic nonhomogeneous spherically symmetric solutions in the theory of gravity with a scalar field possessing the exponential potential. The solution of particular interest corresponds to the scalar field with negative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Sergey V. Sushkov , Yuan-Zhong Zhang

A new framework is proposed for general dynamic wormholes, unifying them with black holes. Both are generically defined locally by outer trapping horizons, temporal for wormholes and spatial or null for black and white holes. Thus wormhole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Sean A. Hayward

Maldacena and Susskind have proposed a correspondence between wormholes and entanglement, dubbed ER=EPR. We study this in the context of 3d topological quantum field theory, where we show that the formation of a wormhole is the same process…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-22 John C. Baez , Jamie Vicary

Particle production from the vacuum is a remarkable aspect of particle physics. Prime examples are the Schwinger process of particle production in strong electric fields and the Hawking process of particle production from black holes. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-03 Ian G. Moss , Piotr Z. Stasiak

We consider wormhole geometries subject to a gravitational action consisting of non-linear powers of the Ricci scalar. Specifically, wormhole throats are studied in the case where Einstein gravity is supplemented with a Ricci-squared and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Furey , A. DeBenedictis

Although wormholes can be treated as topological objects in spacetime and from a global point-of-view, a precise definition of what a wormhole throat is and where it can be located can be developed and treated entirely in terms of local…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 David Hochberg , Matt Visser

We show that strong quantum entanglement can support a stable traversable wormhole without any explicit interaction or tunnelling term between the two boundary theories of the wormhole. Specifically we work with two complex SYK models. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-15 Nilakash Sorokhaibam

Traversable wormholes have traditionally been viewed as intrinsically topological entities in some multiply connected spacetime. Here, we show that topology is too limited a tool to accurately characterize a generic traversable wormhole: in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-30 David Hochberg , Matt Visser

In this paper, we study quantum relativistic features of a scalar field around the Rindler-Schwarzschild wormhole. First, we introduce this new class of spacetime, investigating some energy conditions and verifying their violation in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-29 C. R. Muniz , H. R. Christiansen , M. S. Cunha , J. Furtado , V. B. Bezerra

Wormhole and time machine are very interesting objects in general relativity. However, they need exotic matters which are impossible in classical level to support them. But if we introduce the quantum effects of gravity into the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 Li-Fang Li , Jian-Yang Zhu

This work is devoted to the study of analytic wormhole solutions within the framework of $f(R)$ gravity theory. To check the possibility of having wormhole structures satisfying energy conditions, by means of the class I approach the pair…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-09 A. S. Agrawal , B. Mishra , Francisco Tello-Ortiz , A. Alvarez

Some of the simplest wormhole solutions involve massless scalar fields that take imaginary values. Massless fields can be interpreted as coupling constants in asymptotically flat or asymptotically AdS gravity theories. We argue that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-08 Juan Maldacena , Alexander Maloney , Brian McPeak

Within general relativity, we study spherically symmetric configurations with wormhole topology consisting of spinor fields and a Maxwell electric field. For such a system, we construct complete families of regular asymmetric solutions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-13 Vladimir Dzhunushaliev , Vladimir Folomeev , Nurzada Beissen , Adilet Nurmukhamedov

A wormhole solution in Newtonian gravitation, enhanced through an equation relating the Ricci scalar to the mass density, is presented. The wormhole inhabits a spherically symmetric curved space, with one throat and two asymptotically flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-24 José P. S. Lemos , Paulo Luz

We consider the self-collision of portals in classical general relativity. Portals are wormholes supported by a single loop of negative mass cosmic string, and being wormholes, portals have a nontrivial topology. Portals can be constructed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-15 Justin C. Feng , José P. S. Lemos , Richard A. Matzner

The possible process of creation/annihilation of traversable wormholes in the model with phantom (ghost) scalar field is described. It is shown that such process can be realized only for some special choice of a potential energy, in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Vladimir Dzhunushaliev , Vladimir Folomeev