Lorentzian Wormholes: From Einstein to Hawking

摘要: Preface Acknowledgments I. Background: 1. Introduction 2. General Relativity 3. Quantum Field Theory 4. Units and Natural Scales II. History: 5. The Einstein-Rosen Bridge 6. Spacetime Foam 7. Kerr Wormhole 8. Cosmological Constant 9. Taxonomy 10. Interregnum III. Renaissance: 11. Traversible Wormholes 12. Energy Conditions 13. Engineering Considerations 14. Thin Shells: Fromalism 15. 16. Topological Censorship IV.: Time Travel: 17. Chronology: Basic Notions 18. From to Machine 19. Response the Paradoxes V. Effects 20. Semiclassical Gravity 21. van Vleck Determinants: Formalism 22. 23. Singularity Structure 24. Minisuperspace VI. Reprise: 25. Where We Stand Bibliography Index