New Insights in Wormhole Physics

Dear Colleagues,

Almost thirty years after the introduction of the famous Morris–Thorne paper on Traversable Wormholes [1], exploring the possibility of connecting distant regions of our Universe or connecting different universes, the physics of such amazing objects still attracts research in this direction. One reason is the advent of alternative theories like f(R) gravity from one side and non-commutative theories on the other side, to cite some example, which has given to the field of Traversable Wormholes the possibility of finding new solutions and new configurations. Another reason comes from the fact that after the first detection of Gravitational Waves in 2015, Traversable Wormholes have become a matter of interest because they can be considered Black Hole mimickers. This special section would focus on different contributions and approaches by some of the leading researchers in this field.

• Scope: to provide a set of essays to illustrate the different approaches in different areas of Theoretical Physics that try to describe Traversable Wormholes in classical, semi-classical and quantum gravity.
• Motivation: the motivation for this issue comes out of a discussion in different workshops and conferences about General Relativity, Quantum Gravity and Quantum Field Theory. These different discussions need to be clarified and interpreted from different view angles of the meaning of the traversability of wormholes in the different contexts of theoretical physics. The invited and contributed essays of this special section would help to clarify this important theoretical foundation.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Entropy.

References:  

[1] Morris, M.S.; Thorne, K.S. Wormholes in space-time and their use for interstellar travel: A tool for teaching general relativity. Am. J. Phys. 1988, 56, 395.

Dr. Remo Garattini
Guest Editor

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