Euclidean wormholes in string theory

2007/05/31 by Nima Arkani–Hamed, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Jacopo Orgera +1 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Compactification (mathematics) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dual (grammatical number) #Euclidean geometry #Geometry #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Pure mathematics #String theory #Theoretical physics #Wormhole #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/12/018

published as JHEP 0712:018,2007 · 18 pages. ver. 2: typos corrected, references added

arxiv created 2007/08/27 · openalex publication_date 2007/12/04 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

We show that toroidal compactification of type II string theory to six dimensions admits axionic euclidean wormhole solutions. These wormholes can be inserted into AdS₃ × S³ × T⁴ backgrounds, which have a well-defined CFT dual. AdS/CFT duality then suggests that the wormhole solutions cannot be interpreted using α parameters as originally suggested by Coleman.

Citations

• A negative mode about a euclidean wormhole
• Instantons and seven-branes in type IIB superstring theory
• Instantons and wormholes in Minkowski and (A)dS spaces
• The large N limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity

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• Wormholes and the imaginary distance bound
• Cosmology inside a black hole: adding matter on the brane
• Wormholes with Ends of the World

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