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Thin-shell wormholes supported by ordinary matter in Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

Martín G. RicharteDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, 1428, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClaudio SimeoneDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I, 1428, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007en
ABI

Abstract

The generalized Darmois-Israel formalism for Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory is applied to construct thin-shell Lorentzian wormholes with spherical symmetry. We calculate the energy localized on the shell, and we find that for certain values of the parameters wormholes could be supported by matter not violating the energy conditions.

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