Tunnelling to holographic traversable wormholes
Suzanne Bintanja, Ben Freivogel, Andrew Rolph
SciPost Phys. 16, 066 (2024) · published 5 March 2024
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.3.066
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Abstract
We study nonperturbative effects of quantum gravity in a system consisting of a coupled pair of holographic CFTs. The AdS$_4$/CFT$_3$ system has three possible ground states: two copies of empty AdS, a pair of extremal AdS black holes, and an eternal AdS traversable wormhole. We give a recipe for calculating transition rates via gravitational instantons and test it by calculating the emission rate of radiation shells from a black hole. We calculate the nucleation rate of a traversable wormhole between a pair of AdS-RN black holes in the canonical and microcanonical ensembles. Our results give predictions of nonpertubative quantum gravity that can be tested in a holographic simulation.
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Authors / Affiliations: mappings to Contributors and Organizations
See all Organizations.- 1 2 Suzanne Bintanja,
- 1 3 Ben Freivogel,
- 1 Andrew Rolph
- 1 Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam [IoP, UvA]
- 2 Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics [KITP]
- 3 Gravitational and Astroparticle Physics Amsterdam [GRAPPA]