General-relativistic nonlinear field: A kink solution in a generalized geometry
- 15 November 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 18 (10) , 3529-3534
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.18.3529
Abstract
A time-independent spherically symmetric solution of general-relativistic nonlinear field equations is obtained. It is shown that the nonlinear negative-energy scalar field has a localized solution with a positive mass. Wheeler's wormhole-type geometry is generated by the field. It can be regarded as a three-dimensional extension of the usual kink solution on the generalized spatial topology, connecting the two vacuum states from one asymptotically flat space to the other through the Rosen-Einstein bridge. The solution is shown to be completely singularity-free.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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