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Space-time
Time is considered the 4th dimension of our
Universe (Our Universe has 3 dimensions
of space and 1 of time)
Einstein said you can think of these 4
dimensions as fabric (ie fabric of spacetime)
Shape
Defined as short cut
through space and time
Has to fold the 2D concept
of space and time to
create a 3D situation
Becomes the bridge from
one dimension to the
other
Made up of: 2 mouths and
a throat
Properties
Highly unstable
Most likely would
collapse instantly if
the smallest
amount of matter
(ie single photon)
attempted to pass
through
Wormholes:a connection
According to laws of Newton every
action has an equal and opposite
reaction. Since a black holes is an
object that takes in energy that goes
into where, there must be an object
that ejects energy out of no where.
Wormholes connect whiteholes and
blackholes.
Video explanation of
wormholes
Types
Lorentzian wormholes (general relativity)
Short-cuts through space and time
Mainly studied by experts in Einstein gravity
Do Wormholes Exist?
Theorists believed wormholes could
exist for only an instant of time and
anyone trying to pass through would
run into a singularity
Singularity: marks a point
where the curvature of
space-time is infinite (it
possesses zero volume
and infinite density)
Time Travel?
As with any mode of faster-than-light travel,
wormholes offer the possibility of time travel
The only material used to stabilize wormholes
from pinching off is material having negative
energy density and large negative
pressure/tension that is larger in magnitude than
the energy density, called exotic matter
exotic matter could prevent a wormhole from
collapsing on itself
No classical matter can do this, but it is possible
that quantum fluctuations in various fields
might be able to
Metrics
Theories of wormhole metrics describe
the space-time geometry of a
wormhole and serve as theoretical
models for time travel
Traversable wormhole metric:
One type of non-traversable wormhole
metric is the Schwarzschild solution:
References
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/W/wormhole.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/27930/wormhole.htm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=follow-up-what-exactly-is
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/strange/html/wormhole.html
http://www.universetoday.com/52443/wormhole/
http://www.se51.net/2011/02/01/goddamn-stargates-how-do-they-work/
http://casa.colorado.edu/~ajsh/schww.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormholes
http://www.deism.com/einstein.htm
http://physics.about.com/od/relativisticmechanics/a/relativity_4.htm
http://ajp.aapt.org/resource/1/ajpias/v56/i5/p395_s1?isAuthorized=no
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=141447
http://thescincedelusion.blogspot.com/2010/05/on-relativity-of-light.html
http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/?
cat=3&paged=3