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We consider a class of generalized Galileon theories within general relativity in space–times with more than two spatial dimensions. We show that these theories do not admit stable, static, spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat Lorentzian wormholes.

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This research was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 14-22-00161).

Prepared from an English manuscript submitted by the author; for the Russian version, see Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 188, No. 2, pp. 337–342, August, 2016.

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Rubakov, V.A. More about wormholes in generalized Galileon theories. Theor Math Phys 188, 1253–1258 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040577916080080

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