Traversable wormholes supported by cosmic accelerated expanding equations of state

2006/11/29 by Francisco S. N. Lobo, Lobo, Francisco S. N.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0611150

3 pages, contribution to the proceedings of MG11, Berlin, 23-29 July, 2006; based on an invited talk in the parallel session GT5, Wormholes, Energy Conditions and Time Machines

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Abstract

We explore the possibility that traversable wormholes be supported by specific equations of state responsible for the present accelerated expansion of the Universe, namely, phantom energy, the generalized Chaplygin gas, and the van der Waals quintessence equation of state.

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