PIRSA:15050118 Scientific Series Quantum Fields and Strings

DOI10.48660/15050118

Series: Quantum Fields and Strings

(2015). Electric fields and quantum wormholes. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15050118

Electric fields and quantum wormholes. Perimeter Institute, May. 08, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15050118 

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  keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
  language = {en},
  title = {Electric fields and quantum wormholes},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2015},
  month = {may},
  note = {PIRSA:15050118 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

A classical Einstein-Rosen bridge changes the topology of spacetime,allowing (for example) electric field lines to penetrate it. It has recently been suggested that in the bulk of a theory of quantum gravity, the quantum entanglement of ordinary perturbative quanta should be viewed as creating a quantum version of an Einstein-Rosen bridge between the quanta, or a “quantum wormhole”. For this “ER=EPR” correspondence to make sense it then seems necessary for a quantum wormhole to allow (for example) electric field lines to penetrate it. I will discuss (within low-energy effective field theory) whether or not this happens.

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