A nongravitational wormhole
F. Baldovin, M. Novello, S. E. Perez Bergliaffa, and J.M. Salim
TL;DR
This paper demonstrates that a specific electromagnetic field configuration in Born-Infeld theory can be interpreted as a non-gravitational wormhole using an effective metric formalism, revealing novel geometric properties.
Contribution
It introduces a new interpretation of electromagnetic field configurations as wormholes without involving gravity, using the effective metric approach in nonlinear electromagnetism.
Findings
Electromagnetic configurations can mimic wormhole geometries
Effective metric formalism applies to nonlinear electromagnetic theories
The wormhole is ultrastatic and spherically symmetric
Abstract
Using the effective metric formalism for photons in a nonlinear electromagnetic theory, we show that a certain field configuration in Born-Infeld electromagnetism in flat spacetime can be interpreted as an ultrastatic spherically symmetric wormhole. We also discuss some properties of the effective metric that are valid for any field configuration.
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