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How to form a wormhole

De-Chang Dai, Djordje Minić, Dejan Stojković

2020The European Physical Journal C32 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract We provide a simple but very useful description of the process of wormhole formation. We place two massive objects in two parallel universes (modeled by two branes). Gravitational attraction between the objects competes with the resistance coming from the brane tension. For sufficiently strong attraction, the branes are deformed, objects touch and a wormhole is formed. Our calculations show that more massive and compact objects are more likely to fulfill the conditions for wormhole formation. This implies that we should be looking for wormholes either in the background of black holes and compact stars, or massive microscopic relics. Our formation mechanism applies equally well for a wormhole connecting two objects in the same universe.

Topics & Concepts

WormholePhysicsBraneUniverseGravitationBrane cosmologyTheoretical physicsStarsSimple (philosophy)Classical mechanicsAstrophysicsEpistemologyPhilosophyBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaCosmology and Gravitation Theories
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