Astrophysical Wormholes

Astrophysical Wormholes

Wormholes are hypothetical topologically-non-trivial structures of spacetime. From the theoretical point of view, the possibility of their existence is challenging but cannot be ruled out. This article is a compact and non-exhaustive review of past and current efforts to search for astrophysical wor...

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Main Authors: Cosimo Bambi, Dejan Stojkovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Series:Universe
Subjects:
wormholes
black holes
spacetime topology
gravity
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/7/5/136
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spelling doaj-d6e3e71fe3b64eb582b7afbf1c94e5ef2021-05-31T23:27:41ZengMDPI AGUniverse2218-19972021-05-01713613610.3390/universe7050136Astrophysical WormholesCosimo Bambi0Dejan Stojkovic1Center for Field Theory and Particle Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, ChinaDepartment of Physics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-1500, USAWormholes are hypothetical topologically-non-trivial structures of spacetime. From the theoretical point of view, the possibility of their existence is challenging but cannot be ruled out. This article is a compact and non-exhaustive review of past and current efforts to search for astrophysical wormholes in the Universe.https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/7/5/136wormholesblack holesspacetime topologygravity
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author Cosimo Bambi
Dejan Stojkovic
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Dejan Stojkovic
Astrophysical Wormholes
Universe
wormholes
black holes
spacetime topology
gravity
author_facet Cosimo Bambi
Dejan Stojkovic
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title Astrophysical Wormholes
title_short Astrophysical Wormholes
title_full Astrophysical Wormholes
title_fullStr Astrophysical Wormholes
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publisher MDPI AG
series Universe
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publishDate 2021-05-01
description Wormholes are hypothetical topologically-non-trivial structures of spacetime. From the theoretical point of view, the possibility of their existence is challenging but cannot be ruled out. This article is a compact and non-exhaustive review of past and current efforts to search for astrophysical wormholes in the Universe.
topic wormholes
black holes
spacetime topology
gravity
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