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Wormholes in AdS

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Maldacena, Juan, Maoz, Liat·2004·Journal of High Energy Physics

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We construct a few euclidean supergravity solutions with multiple boundaries. We consider examples where the corresponding boundary field theory is well defined on each boundary. We point out that these configurations are puzzling from the AdS/CFT point of view. A proper understanding of the AdS/CFT dictionary for these cases might yield some information about the physics of closed universes.

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  • The first wormhole constructions in AdS string compactifications were singular.

    “While the first wormhole constructions in AdS string compactifications indeed were singular (Rey, 1999;Maldacena and Maoz, 2004), regular solutions have been obtained more recently”

    From Euclidean Wormholes, Baby Universes, and Their Impact on Particle Physics and Cosmology (2018) · cites this paper as Maldacena and Maoz, 2004

    The paper’s Generalities section describes its wormholes as Euclidean solutions connecting two asymptotically AdS boundaries, not as singular constructions. Its discussion of hyperbolic quotients explicitly specifies a smooth compact surface for a two-boundary geometry. The big-bang/big-crunch description concerns the Lorentzian continuation, not a singularity of the Euclidean wormhole. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Due to the absence of horizons, the relation of Euclidean AdS wormholes to entanglement entropy is not immediately clear.

    “Due in particular to the absence of horizons, the relation of these wormholes to entanglement entropy is not immediately clear (Maldacena and Maoz, 2004).”

    From Euclidean Wormholes, Baby Universes, and Their Impact on Particle Physics and Cosmology (2018) · cites this paper as Maldacena and Maoz, 2004

    The Introduction and §2 describe the interpretation of two-boundary Euclidean solutions as a puzzle, while the paper contrasts them with Lorentzian multi-boundary geometries, whose boundaries are separated by horizons and can be interpreted as dual to entangled states. Our copy does not explicitly attribute the puzzle to an absence of horizons or discuss these wormholes’ relation to entanglement entropy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

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  • Wormholes conflict with the factorization of partition functions of decoupled systems.

    “It is well-known that wormholes conflict with the factorization of e.g.partition functions of decoupled systems [90].”

    From Replica wormholes and the black hole interior (2022) · cites this paper as [90]

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  1. [11]11. J.Y. Kim, H.W. Lee and Y.S. Myung, D-instanton and d-wormhole, Phys. Lett. B 400 (1997) 32 [hep-th/9612249]; · arXiv

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Authors
Maldacena, J., & Maoz, L.
Affiliations
  • Institute for Advanced Study (US)
  • Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam (NL)
Venue
Journal of High Energy Physics
Published
2004-02-25
Volume
2004
Issue
02
Pages
053-053
ISSN
1029-8479 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2148296959
Cited by
426
References
104
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 48 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 56 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
FWCI
6.92
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of High Energy Physics (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐FG02‐, FG0290ER40542, DEFG0290ER40542)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Keywords
wormholes, AdS/CFT correspondence, closed universe, boundary field theory, Euclidean time, holography

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