Gauge-invariant spherical linear perturbations of wormholes in Einstein gravity minimally coupled to a self-interacting phantom scalar field
| Autor: | Livio Pizzocchero, Francesco Cremona, Olivier Sarbach |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory Spacetime 010308 nuclear & particles physics FOS: Physical sciences General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) Mathematical Physics (math-ph) Wave equation 01 natural sciences Instability General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology symbols.namesake Classical mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) 0103 physical sciences Master equation symbols Gravitational singularity Wormhole Einstein 010306 general physics Scalar field Mathematical Physics 83C15 83C20 83C25 |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1911.13103 |
| Popis: | Recently, there has been quite a lot of interest in static, spherical wormhole spacetimes and the question of their stability with respect to time-dependent perturbations. The consideration of linearized perturbations usually leads to a master wave equation with effective potential which can then be analyzed using standard tools from quantum mechanics. However, in the wormhole case, particular care must be taken with the gauge conditions when formulating the master equation. A poor coordinate choice, based for example on fixing the areal radial coordinate, may lead to singularities at the throat which complicate the stability analysis or might even lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the stability of the underlying wormhole configuration. In this work, we present a general method for deriving a gauge-invariant wave system of linearized perturbation equations in the spherically symmetric case, assuming that the matter supporting the wormhole is a phantom scalar field, that is, a self-interacting scalar field whose kinetic energy has the reversed sign. We show how this system can be decoupled and reduced to a single master wave equation with a regular potential, with no intermediate steps involving singularities at the throat. Two applications of our formalism are given. First, we rederive the master equation for the linearly perturbed Ellis-Bronnikov wormhole using our new, singularity-free method. Second, we derive the master equation describing the linear perturbations of a certain Anti de Sitter wormhole, provide a detailed analysis of the spectral properties of the underlying operator and prove that this wormhole is linearly unstable. In the final part of the paper, we consider a wormhole with de Sitter-type ends, whose spacetime presents horizons and admits a nonstatic extension beyond them; for this system we derive partial results of linear instability. Comment: 30 pages, 1 figure, new section discussing a wormhole with de Sitter-type ends. To appear in Physical Review D |
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