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Holographic Dark Energy as a Source for Wormholes in Modified Gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-02-02 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Traversable wormhole solutions are explored in f(R,T)f(\mathcal{R},\mathbb{T}) gravity, a curvature--matter extension in which R\mathcal{R} is the Ricci scalar and T\mathbb{T} denotes the trace of the energy--momentum tensor. To generate explicit wormhole models, we prescribe holographic dark-energy densities based on entropy formalism proposed by R\'enyi, Moradpour, and Bekenstein--Hawking, namely ρR=α4α1r4c2κln ⁣(1+πα1r2),ρM=α4πr2c2κ(πα1r2+1),ρBH=α4c2κr2, \rho_{\textit{R}} = \frac{\alpha}{4\alpha_1 r^4 c^2 \kappa}\ln\!\left(1+\pi \alpha_1 r^2\right), \qquad \rho_{\textit{M}} = \frac{\alpha}{4\pi r^2 c^2 \kappa \left(\pi \alpha_1 r^2 + 1\right)}, \qquad \rho_{\textit{BH}} = \frac{\alpha}{4 c^2 \kappa r^2}, with α\alpha and β\beta carrying dimensions of L2L^{-2}. The corresponding shape functions obtained from the field equations satisfy the standard throat and flare-out requirements for traversability. We then study how varying α\alpha and β\beta affects (i) the balance of forces associated with equilibrium and (ii) the status of the energy conditions. In particular, the null energy condition is found to be violated, indicating that exotic matter (or an effective exotic sector) is required to support the wormhole geometry. The spatial structure of the solutions is further visualized through embedding surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.2601.22577,
  title  = {Holographic Dark Energy as a Source for Wormholes in Modified Gravity},
  author = {G. G. L. Nashed and A. Eid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.22577},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, 5 figures and two tables