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Topology change and monopole creation
Phys. Rev. D 33, 978 – Published 15 February, 1986
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.33.978
Abstract
Lorentzian cobordism is considered as a mechanism for topology change in quantum gravity. It is shown that the condition for a topological cobordism to admit an appropriate metric is different in even and odd dimensions. In odd dimensions such a metric exists if and only if the initial and final manifolds have the same Euler characteristic. This means that pair creation of Kaluza-Klein monopoles cannot occur via the mechanism considered. Possible implications of this result are discussed. Lorentzian cobordism in two dimensions is also analyzed briefly.
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