Wormholes, warp drives and energy conditions. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francisco S.N. Lobo, editor.
• Editors: Lobo, Francisco S. N
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Historical Background; 1.2 State of the Art: Wormhole Geometries and Warp Drive Spacetimes; References; Part I Traversable Wormholes; 2 Wormhole Basics; 2.1 Static and Spherically Symmetric Traversable Wormholes; 2.1.1 Spacetime Metric; 2.1.2 The Mathematics of Embedding; 2.1.3 Equations of Structure for the Wormhole; 2.1.4 Stress -- Energy Tensor; 2.1.5 Exotic Matter and Modified Gravity; 2.1.6 Traversability Conditions; 2.2 Dynamic Spherically Symmetric Thin-Shell Traversable Wormholes. 2.2.1 Generic Static Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes2.2.2 Extrinsic Curvature; 2.2.3 Lanczos Equations: Surface Stress -- Energy; 2.2.4 Conservation Identity; 2.2.5 Equation of Motion; 2.2.6 Linearized Equation of Motion; 2.2.7 The Master Equations; 2.2.8 Discussion; References; 3 Rotating Wormholes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Rotating Wormholes in Four Dimensions; 3.2.1 Theoretical Setting; 3.2.2 Symmetric Wormholes; 3.2.3 Nonsymmetric Wormholes; 3.3 Rotating Wormholes in Five Dimensions; 3.3.1 Theoretical Setting; 3.3.2 Wormholes; 3.3.3 Stability; 3.4 Conclusions and Outlook; References. 4 Astrophysical Signatures of Thin Accretion Disks in Wormhole Spacetimes4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Electromagnetic Radiation Properties of Thin Accretion Disks in General Relativistic Spacetimes; 4.2.1 Marginally Stable Orbits; 4.2.2 Physical Properties of Thin Accretion Disks; 4.3 Electromagnetic Signatures of Accretion Disks in Static Wormhole Geometries; 4.3.1 Static Spherically Symmetric Wormhole Geometries; 4.3.2 Electromagnetic Signatures of Static Spherically Symmetric Wormhole Geometries; 4.4 Accretion Disk Properties in Rotating Wormhole Geometries.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 523.1; 530; Physics; Wormholes (Physics); General relativity (Physics); Quantum field theory; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; General relativity (Physics); Quantum field theory; Wormholes (Physics); Physics; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics; Science -- Mathematical Physics; Mathematical physics; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Astrophysics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319551821; 3319551825
• Related ISBNs: 3319551817; 9783319551814
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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