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A fundamental property in wormhole physics is the flaring-out condition of the throat, which through the Einstein field equation entails the violation of the null energy condition. In the context of modified theories of gravity, it has also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-07 Francisco S. N. Lobo

We obtain traversable wormhole and time machine solutions of the field equations of an alternative of gravity with non-minimally curvature-matter coupling. Our solutions exhibit a non-trivial redshift function and allow for matter that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Orfeu Bertolami , Ricardo Zambujal Ferreira

Traversable wormholes, tunnel like structures introduced by Morris \& Thorne \cite{morris1}, have a significant role in connection of two different space-times or two different parts of the same space-time. The characteristics of these…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-20 Nisha Godani , Gauranga C. Samanta

Wormholes are extremely attractive objects for research, and although many mathematical and physical properties of these objects have been discovered and studied in the recent decades, there remain many unsolved problems and opportunities…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-14 Kirill A. Bronnikov , Sergey V. Sushkov

The prediction of spacetime singularities, regions of infinite curvature where classical physics breaks down, is one of the most profound challenges in General Relativity (GR). In particular, black hole solutions such as the Schwarzschild…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-18 Jose Pinedo Soto

It is shown in the first part of this paper that a combined model comprising ordinary and quintessential matter can support a traversable wormhole in Einstein-Maxwell gravity. Since the solution allows zero tidal forces, the wormhole is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-02-04 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

A possible astrophysical object to be found in General Relativity is the wormhole. This special solution describes a topological bridge connecting points in two distinguished universes or two different points in the same universe. Despite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-21 Moreshwar Tayde , Joao R. L. Santos , Julia N. Araujo , P. K. Sahoo

In this paper, we discuss spherically symmetric wormhole solutions in $f(R,T)$ modified theory of gravity by introducing well-known non-commutative geometry in terms of Gaussian and Lorentizian distributions of string theory. For some…

General Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 M. Zubair , G. Mustafa , Saira Waheed , G. Abbas

In this paper, we explore wormhole solutions in a higher-derivative theory of gravity where the action depends not only on the Ricci scalar \(R\), but also on its d'Alembertian, \(\Box R\). Such \(f(R,\Box R)\) models are motivated by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 M Daniel Ranjan , Soumya Chakrabarti , Sanjit Das

This paper discusses several new exact solutions of static wormholes in $f(R)$ gravity with a noncommutative-geometry background, which replaces point-like structures by smeared objects. In the first part of the paper we assume the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-21 Mubasher Jamil , Farook Rahaman , Ratbay Myrzakulov , P. K. F. Kuhfittig , Nasr Ahmed , Umar F Mondal

In this manuscript, we construct generalized Ellis-Bronnikov wormholes in the context of $f(R)$ modified theories of gravity. We consider that the matter driving the wormhole satisfies the energy conditions so that it is the effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-04 Oleksii Sokoliuk , Sanjay Mandal , P. K. Sahoo , Alexander Baransky

An extended gravity theory is used to explore the possibility of non-exotic matter traversable wormholes. In the extended gravity theory, additional terms linear and quadratic in the trace of the energy momentum tensor are considered in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-10 S. K. Tripathy , D. Nayak , B. Mishra , D. Behera , S. K. Sahu

Noncommutative geometry, an offshoot of string theory, replaces point-like particles by smeared objects. These local effects have led to wormhole solutions in a semiclassical setting, but it has also been claimed that the noncommutative…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-24 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

This thesis explores traversable wormhole (WH) solutions within symmetric teleparallel gravity and its extensions, including $f(Q)$ and $f(Q, T)$ gravity. Chapter I reviews WH geometry and properties, general relativity, and modified…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-09 Moreshwar Tayde

Modified gravity theories have received increased attention lately due to combined motivation coming from high-energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics. Among numerous alternatives to Einstein's theory of gravity, theories which include…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-18 Thomas P. Sotiriou , Valerio Faraoni

In this work wormholes in viable $f(R)$ gravity models are analysed. We are interested in exact solutions for stress-energy tensor components depending on different shape and redshift functions. Several solutions of gravitational equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-24 Petar Pavlović , Marko Sossich

One of the so-called viable modified gravities is analyzed. This kind of gravity theories are characterized by a well behavior at local scales, where General Relativity is recovered, while the modified terms become important at the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Diego Sáez-Gómez

In this work, we investigate wormhole geometries within the framework of $f(R,\mathcal{L}_{m})$ gravity by considering a specific form of the model. From the corresponding field equations, the shape function is derived, and the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-23 A. S. Agrawal , Baljeet Kaur Lotte , Reshma Kapse , B. Mishra

We consider the effects of Distorted Gravity on the traversability of the wormholes. In particular, we consider configurations which are sustained by their own gravitational quantum fluctuations. The Ultra-Violet divergences appearing to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 Remo Garattini

Wormholes are hypothetical topologically-non-trivial structures of the spacetime. From the theoretical point of view, the possibility of their existence is challenging but cannot be ruled out. This article is a compact and non-exhaustive…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-11 Cosimo Bambi , Dejan Stojkovic