Lorentzian wormholes in higher derivative gravity and the weak energy condition

1992
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 46 (1992) 1507-1516

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Abstract: (APS)
The possibility of the existence of a traversible wormhole solution which does not break the weak energy condition is examined in a higher-derivative theory of gravity. No such solution is found, suggesting that a Lorentzian wormhole without the violation of the weak energy condition is incompatible with a wide class of gravitational theories. We show this in two simple examples of spherically symmetric wormhole solutions.
  • gravitation: action
  • wormhole
  • numerical calculations