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⎛ 1 1<br />
⎞<br />
0 0<br />
σ 0 0<br />
⎜ +<br />
ρ<br />
4 1<br />
ρ<br />
⎟<br />
⎛ ⎞<br />
2<br />
⎜ ⎟ c ⎜<br />
⎟<br />
0 ϑ1 0 =− ⎜ 0 1 ρ2<br />
0 ⎟<br />
⎜<br />
4π<br />
G<br />
0 0 ϑ ⎟ ⎜<br />
⎟<br />
⎝ 2⎠ 0 0 1 ρ1<br />
⎜<br />
⎟<br />
⎝<br />
⎠<br />
(2.9),<br />
which gives the final result<br />
4<br />
c ⎛ 1 1 ⎞<br />
σ =− ⎜ + ⎟<br />
4π G ⎝ ρ1 ρ2<br />
⎠<br />
(2.10a)<br />
4<br />
c 1<br />
ϑ1<br />
=−<br />
4π<br />
G ρ<br />
(2.10b)<br />
2<br />
4<br />
c 1<br />
ϑ =− 2<br />
4π<br />
G ρ<br />
(2.10c).<br />
1<br />
These are the Einstein equations. Equations (2.10a-c) imply that (for ∂Ω convex) we are dealing with<br />
negative surface energy density and negative surface tensions. This result is in fact the primary matterenergy<br />
requirement for traversable wormholes, as was proved by Morris and Thorne (1988), and later by<br />
Visser (1995), within the paradigm of classical Einstein general relativity. The negative surface tension<br />
(= positive outward pressure, a.k.a. gravitational repulsion or antigravity) is needed to keep the throat<br />
open and stable against collapse. The reader should not be alarmed at this result. Negative energies and<br />
negative stress-tensions are an acceptable result both mathematically and physically, and they manifest<br />
gravitational repulsion (antigravity!) in and around the wormhole throat. One only needs to understand<br />
what it means for stress-energy to be negative within the proper context. In general relativity the term<br />
“exotic” is used in place of “negative.” The effects of negative energy have been produced in the<br />
laboratory (the Casimir Effect is one example). In short, negative energy arises from Heisenberg’s<br />
quantum uncertainty principle, which requires that the energy density of any electromagnetic, magnetic,<br />
electric or other fields must fluctuate randomly. Even in a vacuum, where the average energy density is<br />
zero, the energy density fluctuates. This means that the quantum vacuum can never remain truly empty in<br />
the classical sense of the term. The quantum picture of the vacuum is that of a turbulent plenum of virtual<br />
(i.e., energy non-conserving) particle pairs that spontaneously pop in and out of existence. The notion of<br />
“zero energy” in quantum theory corresponds to the vacuum being filled with such fluctuations going on.<br />
This issue is further elaborated on and clarified in greater detail in Appendix A. We will also revisit this<br />
in Section 2.2. Finally, it should be noted that for the analysis in this section we assumed an ultrastatic<br />
wormhole [i.e., g 00 ≡ 1 ⇒ φ(r) = 0 in equation (2.1)] with the “exotic” matter-energy confined to a thin<br />
layer, and we dispensed with the assumption of spherical symmetry.<br />
We can now build a wormhole-stargate and affect vm-Teleportation such that a traveler stepping into<br />
the throat encounters no exotic matter-energy there. This will require that our wormhole be flat shaped.<br />
To make the wormhole flat requires that we choose the throat ∂Ω to have at least one flat face (picture the<br />
thin shell in Figure 3 becoming a flat shell). On that face the two principal radii of curvature become ρ 1 =<br />
ρ 2 = ∞ as required by standard geometry. Substituting this into equations (2.10a-c) gives<br />
σ = ϑ1 = ϑ2 = 0 (2.11),<br />
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