PIRSA:23120038

Do Euclidean Wormhole Saddles Contribute to the Factorization Problem?

Kaplan, M. (2023). Do Euclidean Wormhole Saddles Contribute to the Factorization Problem?. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/23120038

Kaplan, Molly. Do Euclidean Wormhole Saddles Contribute to the Factorization Problem?. Perimeter Institute, Dec. 05, 2023, https://pirsa.org/23120038 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:23120038,
            doi = {10.48660/23120038},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/23120038},
            author = {Kaplan, Molly},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {Do Euclidean Wormhole Saddles Contribute to the Factorization Problem?},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2023},
            month = {dec},
            note = {PIRSA:23120038 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Molly Kaplan

University of California, Santa Barbara

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We investigate the nature of the Giddings-Strominger wormhole in axion gravity, whose stability remains contested despite previous work in this direction. Unlike what is done in these works, we follow a Lorentzian approach which directly addresses the factorization problem. To probe the thermodynamic stability of wormholes in the gravitational path integral, we look for fixed-area saddle points. However, taking care to choose the appropriate boundary conditions, we find that there are no fixed-area axion wormholes in Lorentzian signature. We then discuss how we could go beyond this analysis, considering off-shell axion wormhole configurations with fixed-length.

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