Two open universes connected by a wormhole: Exact solutions

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 154-160

  Li, Li Xin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

83C15; Cosmology; General relativity; Topology; Wormhole

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035643788     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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