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In this work we explore the possible existence of static, spherically symmetric and stationary, axisymmetric traversable wormholes coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics. Considering static and spherically symmetric (2+1) and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Aaron V. B. Arellano , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We argue that one can nucleate a traversable wormhole via a nonperturbative process in quantum gravity. To support this, we construct spacetimes in which there are instantons giving a finite probability for a test cosmic string to break and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-08 Gary T. Horowitz , Don Marolf , Jorge E. Santos , Diandian Wang

In this paper we analyze the traversability of static and evolving Schwarzschild-Anti-de Sitter wormholes. The wormhole metric under consideration is not asymptotically flat. Hence one can only embed this metric into the Euclidean space for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-15 Sheng-Fu Zhang , Rui-Hui Lin

Morris \& Thorne \cite{morris1} proposed geometrical objects called traversable wormholes that act as bridges in connecting two spacetimes or two different points of the same spacetime. The geometrical properties of these wormholes depend…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-17 Nisha Godani , Gauranga C. Samanta

We construct slowly rotating traversable wormholes in the presence of an anisotropic fluid. Starting from a Teo-type stationary, axisymmetric extension of the Morris-Thorne metric, we perform a slow-rotation expansion, fix a gauge that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-05 Davide Batic , Denys Dutykh , Mark Essa Sukaiti

We explore the properties of traversable wormhole spacetimes within the framework of energy-momentum squared gravity, also known as $f(R,T^2)$ gravity, where $R$ represents the Ricci scalar, $T_{ab}$ is the energy-momentum tensor, and $T^2…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-27 Nailya Ganiyeva , João Luís Rosa , Francisco S. N. Lobo

Based on the recently introduced black-bounce spacetimes, we shall consider the construction of the related spherically symmetric thin-shell traversable wormholes within the context of standard general relativity. All of the really unusual…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-23 Francisco S. N. Lobo , Alex Simpson , Matt Visser

Wormholes are non-trivial topological structures that arise as exact solutions to Einstein's field equations, theoretically connecting distinct regions of spacetime via a throat-like geometry. While static traversable wormholes necessarily…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-22 Mahdi Kord Zangeneh , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We construct solutions of plane symmetric wormholes in the presence of a negative cosmological constant by matching an interior spacetime to the exterior anti-de Sitter vacuum solution. The spatial topology of this plane symmetric wormhole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 José P. S. Lemos , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We consider the possibility of multiply-connected spacetimes, ranging from the Flamm-Einstein-Rosen bridge, geons, and the modern renaissance of traversable wormholes. A fundamental property in wormhole physics is the flaring-out condition…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-14 Francisco S. N. Lobo

We study traversable wormhole solutions in pure gauged $N\!=\!2$ supergravity with and without electromagnetic fields, which are locally isometric under $\mathrm{SO}(2,1)\!\times\!\mathrm{SO}(1,1)$. The model allows for 1/2-BPS wormhole…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Andres Anabalon , Bernard de Wit , Julio Oliva

In quadratic gravity, the junction conditions are six and permit the appearance of double layer thin shells. Double layers arise typically in theories with dipoles, i.e., two opposite charges, such as electromagnetic theories, and appear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-12 Joao Luís Rosa , Rui André , José P. S. Lemos

Traversable wormholes have traditionally been viewed as intrinsically topological entities in some multiply connected spacetime. Here, we show that topology is too limited a tool to accurately characterize a generic traversable wormhole: in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-30 David Hochberg , Matt Visser

Recently several models of traversable wormholes have been proposed which require only arbitrarily small amounts of negative energy to hold them open against self-collapse. If the exotic matter is assumed to be provided by quantum fields,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 C. J. Fewster , T. A. Roman

A dynamical theory of traversable wormholes is detailed in spherical symmetry. Generically a wormhole consists of a tunnel of trapped surfaces between two mouths, defined as temporal outer trapping horizons with opposite senses, in mutual…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-06-30 Sean A. Hayward

This paper investigates a particular type of wormhole. The wormhole solutions studied are obtained by sewing together two static, spherically symmetric, charged black-hole metrics at their horizons. The charged wormholes are in a background…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-08 Paul H. Cox , Benjamin C. Harms , Shaoqi Hou

In the present work we investigate wormhole configurations described by a constant redshift function in Einstein-Cubic gravity ({{\sf ECG}}). We derive analytical wormhole geometries by assuming a particular equation of state ({{\sf EoS}})…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-05 Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh , Amir Hadi Ziaie

We use static solutions of 5-dimensional Kaluza-Klein gravity to generate several classes of static, spherically symmetric spacetimes which are analytic solutions to the equation $^{(4)}R = 0$, where $^{(4)}R$ is the four-dimensional Ricci…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-02-18 J. Ponce de Leon

This work constructs a new class of traversable wormhole solutions with a double-throat topology, modeled as a localized perturbation of the Ellis-Bronnikov metric in a string cloud background. Embedding diagrams and the analysis of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-06 Yvens Amaral , M. S. Cunha , C. R. Muniz , M. O. Tahim

We obtain a large class of Lorentzian wormhole spacetimes in scalar-tensor gravity, for which the matter stress energy does satisfy the weak energy condition. Our constructions have zero Ricci scalar and an everywhere finite, non-zero…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-12 Rajibul Shaikh , Sayan Kar