WORMHOLES, GAMMA RAY BURSTS AND THE AMOUNT OF NEGATIVE MASS IN THE UNIVERSE

1998/05/19 by D. F. Torres, Diego F. Torres, Gustavo E. Romero +1 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxy #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Gravitational microlensing #Negative mass #Physics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Theoretical physics #Universe #Wormhole #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217732398001650

published as Mod.Phys.Lett.A13:1575-1582,1998 · Essay awarded ``Honorable Mention'' in the Gravity Foundation Research Awards, 1998

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Abstract

In this letter, we assume that negative mass objects can exist in the extragalactic space and analyze the consequences of their microlensing on light from distant active galactic nuclei. We find that such events have very similar features to some observed gamma ray bursts and use recent satellite data to set an upper bound to the amount of negative mass in the universe.

Citations

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• Natural wormholes as gravitational lenses
• Cosmological Applications of Gravitational Lensing

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