Can a wormhole supported by only small amounts of exotic matter really be traversable?

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Kuhfittig, Peter K F ^a  

^a MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME; TRAVEL; WORMHOLE;

EID: 0142188276     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.067502     Document Type: Article

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