Casimir energy: A fuel for traversable wormholes

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 370-372

  Garattini, Remo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Casimir energy; Quantum gravity; Wormhole

Indexed keywords

CASIMIR ENERGY; EQUATION OF STATE; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SELF-CONSISTENT SOURCES; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; SUBTRACTION PROCEDURE; VARIATIONAL APPROACHES; WORMHOLE;

GRAVITATION;

EQUATIONS OF STATE;

EID: 50249175164     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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