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arxiv: 1711.03469 · v2 · submitted 2017-11-09 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

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Antipodal correlation on the meron wormhole and a bang-crunch universe

Panagiotis Betzios , Nava Gaddam , Olga Papadoulaki
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classification ✦ hep-th gr-qc
keywords antipodaleuclideanbang-crunchcorrelationuniversewormholeanalyticanalytically
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We present a covariant euclidean wormhole solution to Einstein Yang-Mills system and study scalar perturbations analytically. The fluctuation operator has a positive definite spectrum. We compute the Euclidean Green's function, which displays maximal antipodal correlation on the smallest three sphere. Upon analytic continuation, it corresponds to the Feynman propagator on a compact bang-crunch universe. We present the connection matrix that relates past and future modes. We thoroughly discuss the physical implications of the antipodal map in both the Euclidean and Lorentzian geometries.

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