A small team of astrophysicists in China discovered proof that wormholes could magnify light by 100,000 times if they’re real. The group details their concepts as well as potential applications in a paper this month in the Physical Review Letters journal.
Previous theoretical efforts have indicated that wormholes may exist in the universe, referred to as tunnels of some type connecting various regions of the universe. A number of experts in the physics community have indicated that it may be possible to get through such tunnels, permitting faster-than-light travel throughout the universe. Research has proven that black holes possess a powerful gravitational pull that they can bend light, a phenomenon known as microlensing. They pondered in case wormholes may also exhibit microlensing in case they are present.
Obviously, proving that wormholes cause microlensing would initially require that wormholes exist. Nevertheless, the researchers point out that general relativity along with other theories could help determine whether the idea is feasible whatsoever. They found in their research it was feasible to compute exactly how the electronic charge of a wormhole would likely warp the light passing through it. They also discovered theoretical proof that wormhole microlensing is comparable to black hole lensing, which could allow it to be tough to tell the two processes apart.
Additionally, earlier research has proven that black holes are able to split the light that passes through them, creating various amounts of copies of an object behind them. However, the math for a wormhole indicates that it’d only be able to produce 3 copies of an image behind it – two that were identical and dim and just one bright one. When these copies are available, they might hold the potential for big magnifications. In a single instance, calculations by the scientists demonstrated magnification by almost as 100,000 times, much more than for black holes.
They point out this distinction might be a method to distinguish black holes from wormholes. Additionally they state that wormholes might be an innovative instrument for examining objects too distant to be observed by other methods, in case their theory is right.
More information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.107.024022
