Abstract
Euclidean wormholes are obtained by the analytic continuation of closed recollapsing Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universes. We demonstrate this for a perfect fluid satisfying the strong energy condition. The quantum versions of such wormholes are consistent with the Hawking-Page (HP) conjecture for quantum wormholes as solutions of the Wheeler-DeWitt equation. We contrast this with a classical change of signature approach which, although might be consistent with the existence of classical wormholes for a given definition of the energy-momentum tensor of the fluid, upon quantization gives everywhere oscillatory wave functions which do not satisfy the HP conjecture.
Lingua originale | Inglese |
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pagine (da-a) | 1453-1465 |
Numero di pagine | 13 |
Rivista | Modern Physics Letters A |
Volume | 11 |
Numero di pubblicazione | 18 |
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Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 1996 |
Pubblicato esternamente | Sì |