https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201819107014
Towards wormhole beyond Horndeski
1
Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 60th October Anniversary Prospect, 7a, 117312 Moscow, Russia
2
Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Bolshaya Cheriomyshkinskaya, 25, 117218 Moscow, Russia
3
Department of Particle Physics and Cosmology, Physics Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vorobjevy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
* e-mail: sa.mironov_1@physics.msu.ru
** e-mail: rubakov@inr.ac.ru
*** e-mail: volkova.viktoriya@physics.msu.ru
Published online: 31 October 2018
We address the issue of whether a no-go theorem for static, spherically symmetric wormholes, proven in Horndeski theories, can be circumvented by going beyond Horndeski. We show that the ghost instabilities which are at the heart of the no-go theorem, can indeed be avoided. The wormhole solutions with the latter property are, however, strongly fine tuned, and hence it is likely that they are unstable. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether these solutions have other pathologies, like gradient instabilities along angular and radial directions.
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