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Creation of Wormholes by First Order Phase Transition of a Vacuum in the Early Universe

K. Satô, M. Sasaki, Hideo Kodama, Kei‐ichi Maeda

Progress of Theoretical Physics · 1981 · 137 citations · 0 references

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Natural SciencesPhysicsAstrophysicsCosmologyTheoretical PhysicsBig Bang CosmologyBlack HolesEarly Universe CosmologyEinstein Field EquationsGeneral RelativityEarly Universe PhysicsFirst-order Phase TransitionsInitial Conditions Of The UniversePhase Transitions In The Early UniverseSchwarzschild Black HolesSchwarzschild Solution

Abstract

We show the universe may contain Schwarzschild wormholes by the first order phase transition of a vacuum. This result enables us to estimate a reasonable time for the completion of the phase transition.