Wormholes

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Wormholes

• Lonnie Brunson
• Guy Scronce

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Composition

• Two mouths
• Throat

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General Relativity and Wormholes

• Essentially a black hole without the singularity
• Throat could possibly connect two black holes
• Quantum foam

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Black Holes and White Holes
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Making a Wormholes Practical

• Exotic Matter

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Riemann Cuts

• Formulated by Georg Riemann
• Connections between space with no length

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Einstein-Rosen Bridge

• Connect a black hole with a mirror universe
• Kerr solution to Einstein's equations allows for
  the physical travel through wormholes

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Kip Thorne Wormholes

• Rely on Exotic Matter to support its stability
• Can be used as a time machine

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Limitations and Paradoxes

• Grandfather paradox
• Problems with black holes and white holes
• Limitations of wormholes and exotic matter

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Science Fiction

• Fantastic possibilities have led to popularity in
  science fiction
• Sliders
• Event Horizon
• Contact
• Star Trek

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Event Horizon
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Contact

• Carl Sagans novel
• Used Kip Thorn wormhole and ideas for time travel
  

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Star Trek Deep Space Nine

• Features a wormhole that provides travel to
  another place in space
• Links the Alpha quadrant and the Gamma quadrant