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Lorentzian wormholes: from Einstein to Hawking

1996; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 33; Issue: 09 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.33-5168

1943-5975

Matt Visser,

Relativity and Gravitational Theory

Preface Acknowledgments I. Background: 1. Introduction 2. General Relativity 3. Quantum Field Theory 4. Units and Natural Scales II. History: 5. The Einstein-Rosen Bridge 6. Spacetime Foam 7. The Kerr Wormhole 8. The Cosmological Constant 9. Wormhole Taxonomy 10. Interregnum III. Renaissance: 11. Traversible Wormholes 12. Energy Conditions 13. Engineering Considerations 14. Thin Shells: Fromalism 15. Thin Shells: Wormholes 16. Topological Censorship IV.: Time Travel: 17. Chronology: Basic Notions 18. From Wormhole to Time Machine 19. Response to the Paradoxes V. Quantum Effects 20. Semiclassical Quantum Gravity 21. van Vleck Determinants: Formalism 22. van Vleck Determinants: Wormholes 23. Singularity Structure 24. Minisuperspace Wormholes VI. Reprise: 25. Where We Stand Bibliography Index