Volume integral theorem for exotic matter

Journal Article · Wed Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2004 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.70.127503· OSTI ID:20698307

Nandi, Kamal Kanti ^[1]; Yuanzhong, Zhang ^[2]; Kumar, K.B. Vijaya ^[3]

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1. Department of Mathematics, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling (W.B.) 734 430 (India)
2. CCAST (World Laboratory), P.O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080 (China)
3. Department of Physics, University of Mangalore, Mangalore 574 199 (India)

We answer an important question in general relativity about the volume integral theorem for exotic matter by suggesting an exact integral quantifier for matter violating Averaged Null Energy Condition (ANEC). It is checked against some well-known static, spherically symmetric traversable wormhole solutions of general relativity with a sign reversed kinetic term minimally coupled scalar field. The improved quantifier is consistent with the principle that traversable wormholes can be supported by arbitrarily small quantities of exotic matter.

• OSTI ID: 20698307
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 70, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.127503; (c) 2004 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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