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    • Keywords

       

      Wormholes; higher dimensional cosmology; Gauss-Bonnet terms; quantum cosmology

    • Abstract

       

      A class of wormhole solutions permitted in a theory with Gauss-Bonnet terms in the gravitational action in higher dimensions have been studied. The case of de-Sitter type instantons, with a compact inner space, are of particular interest here. Some of the configurations, when continued analytically to the Lorentzian metric lead to the standard inflationary universe. Some multiple-sphere configurations of the type studied by Myers have also been noted. The Euclidean action for the solutions has been calculated and the relevance of the solutions in the quantum creation of the universe has been considered.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      B C Paul1 A Beesham2 S Mukherjee1 2

      1. Physics Department, North Bengal University, District Darjeeling - 734 430, India
      2. Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Zululand, Kwa-dlangezwa, South Africa

    • Dates

       
      Published
      February 1995
      Manuscript received
      17 September 1994

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