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Traversable wormholes from massless conformally coupled scalar fields

1999/08/09 by Carlos Barcelo, Matt Visser · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(99)01117-x

published as Phys.Lett.B466:127-134,1999 · 11 Pages, plain LaTeX2e, uses graphics.sty, three *.eps figures

arxiv created 1999/08/09 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The massless conformally coupled scalar field is characterized by the so-called "new improved stress-energy tensor", which is capable of classically violating the null energy condition. When coupled to Einstein gravity we find a three-parameter class of exact solutions. These exact solutions include the Schwarzschild geometry, assorted naked singularities, and a large class of traversable wormholes.

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