Wormhole

1. Wormhole • A wormhole, also known as an Einstein-Rosen Bridge, is a hypothetical areas of warped spacetime with great energy that can create tunnel through spacetime. • Since the 1930’s, physicists have speculated about the existence of "wormholes" in the fabric of space. Wormholes are hypothetical areas of warped spacetime with great energy that can create tunnels through spacetime. if traversable would allow a traveler to quickly move through great distances in space and also travel through time.

2. Wormhole Theory Lorentzian wormholes known as Schwarzschild wormholes or Einstein-Rosen bridges are bridges between areas of space that can be modeled as vacuum solutions to the Einstein field equations by combining models of a black hole and a white hole. This solution was discovered by Albert Einstein and his colleague Nathan Rosen, who first published the result in 1935. However, in 1962 John A. Wheeler and Robert W. Fuller published a paper showing that this type of wormhole is unstable, and that it will pinch off instantly as soon as it forms, preventing even light from making it through.

3. What is General Relativity? • Einstein's theory of general relativity is an extension of his theory of special relativity. Special relativity, which came first in 1905, was the origin of the E=MC^2 equation. Special relativity had many applications throughout physics, astronomy and other fields, and it taught us many things, including the fact that the speed of light in a vacuum is constant throughout the universe, that matter can be exchanged for a great release of energy, that the passage of time one experiences is related to the rate at which one is moving, and that the laws of physics apply equally to all matter, no matter how fast it is moving. • Einstein provided a solution to this problem of gravity. Special relativity already detailed how speed affected time. Through the equivalence principle, general relativity states that gravity is equivalent to acceleration, and therefore gravity affects measurements of time and space. In this, general relativity redefines gravity as warping of space-time and not a mere force. Under Newton's theory, gravity was an invisible attraction between objects with mass. Einstein saw gravity as a simple depression in the topography of the universe.

4. In 1935, physicists __________ and __________ used the theory of general relativity to propose the existence of "bridges" through space-time. • Albert Einstein • Isaac Newton • Nathan Rosen • Both A and C • Both B and C

5. In 1915 __________ Published his Theory of General Relativity • Nathan Rosen • John A. Wheeler • Albert Einstein • Robert W. Fuller

7. Supplemental Ideas • In 1935, physicists Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen used the theory of general relativity to propose the existence of "bridges" through space-time. These paths, called Einstein-Rosen bridges or wormholes, connect two different points in space-time, theoretically creating a shortcut that could reduce travel time and distance. • Certain solutions of general relativity allow for the existence of wormholes where the mouth of each is a black hole. However, a naturally occurring black hole, formed by the collapse of a dying star, does not by itself create a wormhole. • adding exotic matter to a wormhole might stabilize it to the point that human passengers could travel safely through it, there is still the possibility that the addition of "regular" matter would be sufficient to destabilize the portal.

8. Homework Question Are Wormhole Possible?

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