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Phys. Rev. D 65, 124016 (2002) [3 pages]

Wormholes supported by pure exotic radiation

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Sean A. Hayward*
Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea

Received 30 March 2002; published 6 June 2002

Traversible wormhole space-times are found as static, spherically symmetric solutions to the Einstein equations with ingoing and outgoing pure radiation of negative energy density. Switching off the radiation causes the wormhole to collapse to a Schwarzschild black hole.

© 2002 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.124016
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.65.124016
PACS:
04.20.Jb, 04.70.Bw

*Electronic address: hayward@mm.ewha.ac.kr