WORMHOLE COSMOLOGY AND THE HORIZON PROBLEM

被引:56
作者
HOCHBERG, D [1 ]
KEPHART, TW [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF SANTA BARBARA,INST THEORET PHYS,SANTA BARBARA,CA 93106
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2665
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We construct an explicit class of dynamic Lorentzian wormholes connecting Friedman-Robertson-Walker spacetimes. These wormholes can allow two-way transmission of signals between spatially separated regions of spacetime and could permit such regions to come into thermal contact. The cosmology of a network of early Universe wormholes is discussed.
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页码:2665 / 2668
页数:4
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