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Does the theory of relativity predict worm hole formation in a black hole?

How can worm holes exist according to the theory of relativity?
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videopia | 2 years, 9 months ago
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Special and General Relativity do not "predict" worm hole formation, but the math merely makes worm holes a possibility. In other words, the math doesn't preclude worm hole solutions, but it does not suggest that worm holes exist, either.

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davepamn | 2 years, 9 months ago Report

Show that math that makes worm holes possible

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videopia | 2 years, 9 months ago Report

I believe the negative square root of the Schwarzschild radius equations create a "white hole" or wormhole that spits stuff out just as strongly as black holes such stuff in. Again, the math works out just fine, so in theory, wormholes don't violate any laws of physics. That doesn't mean they exist.

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hippiasquadratix | 2 years, 1 month ago
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More specifically, vacuum solutions to general relativity allow worm holes to exist without any gravitational source or mass to generate them. While it is difficult to envision how to a build such curvature into spacetime without a source, these vacuum solutions are theoretically possible. From the outside they would be non-rotating and have a Schwarzchild-like event horizon, but inside there would no singularity or gravitational radiation.

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davepamn | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

Suppose that time space does curve without a gravitational source does that suggest that Newton's celestial mechanics is insufficient to explain time space? Does a new theory of space time need to be created to account for worm hole formation?

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hippiasquadratix | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

Something that may interest you is that there already is a "new model" of spacetime that incorporates the idea of wormhole formation. It is called quantum foam, and is supposed to describe spacetime at scales of 10^-33 centimeters. Quantum foam says that at very small spacetime scales, wormholes are almost always forming and dissolving. In fact, some cosmologists have postulated that baby universes could be formed under the conditions specified by quantum foam.

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davepamn | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

Does M-Theory allow for the possibility of wormholes?

What is quantum non-locality?

The Schwarzchild implies a singularity in the wormhole. Singularities are infinite and impossible to understand. Does this mean that the math does not exist to explain a wormhole?

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hippiasquadratix | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

Quantum non-locality is the nonlocal expectation value for the product of the spins of two widely seperated particles. Basically, particle 1 affects the spin of particle 2, despite that particle 1 is nowhere near particle 2's immediate surroundings, which is a violation of the principle of locality (which states that an object is only influenced by its immediate surroundings). The problem is that any local hidden variable model is incompatible with quantum correlations (research hidden variable theory). As for what M-theory says about wormholes, I don't know. I don't really put too much stock in M-theory to be honest.

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hippiasquadratix | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

I think that the importance of quantum foam is that it is the first theory to state that the small-scale structure of spacetime undergoes metric and topological fluctuations to create the conventional "smooth" spacetime metric that we observe at larger scales. It is also important to the idea of quantum non-locality. But we must remember that there is currently no evidence for the existence of quantum wormholes, and likewise with strings. As of now they are only theoretical possibilities.

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davepamn | 2 years, 1 month ago Report

I did read about Quantum foam and read that it pops in and out of existence, at the string level. Does this mean String theory is becoming popular again?

What do you think the significance of Quantum foam and why is it important to time space?

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