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In this work, we consider wormhole geometries in third-order Lovelock gravity and investigate the possibility that these solutions satisfy the energy conditions. In this framework, by applying a specific equation of state, we obtain exact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-09 Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We have proposed a novel shape function on which the metric that models traversable wormholes is dependent. Using this shape function, the energy conditions, equation of state and anisotropy parameter are analyzed in $f(R)$ gravity,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-19 Gauranga C. Samanta , Nisha Godani , Kazuharu Bamba

In this paper, we study the energy conditions of charged traversable wormholes in the framework of $f(R, \mathscr{L}_m)$ modified gravity. In the first case, we derive the shape functions (SFs) for two different choices of the charge…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-18 Sagar V. Soni , A. C. Khunt , Farook Rahaman , A. H. Hasmani

It is known that Lorentzian wormholes must be threaded by matter that violates the null energy condition. We phenomenologically characterize such exotic matter by a general class of microscopic scalar field Lagrangians and formulate the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 C. Armendariz-Picon

In this article, a new family of asymptotically flat wormhole solutions in the context of symmetric teleparallel gravity, i.e., $f(Q)$ theory of gravity, are presented. Considering a power-law shape function and some different forms for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-26 Sara Rastgoo , Foad Parsaei

It has been proven that in standard Einstein gravity, exotic matter is required to stabilize traversable wormholes. Quantum field theory permits these violations due to the quantum coherent effects found in any quantum field. Even…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-07 Ramesh Radhakrishnan , Patrick Brown , Jacob Mutulevich , Eric Davis , Delaram Mirfendereski , Gerald Cleaver

The massless conformally coupled scalar field is characterized by the so-called "new improved stress-energy tensor", which is capable of classically violating the null energy condition. When coupled to Einstein gravity we find a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Carlos Barcelo , Matt Visser

This paper discusses traversable wormholes that differ slightly but significantly from those of the Morris-Thorne type under the assumption of cylindrical symmetry. The throat is a piecewise smooth cylindrical surface resulting in a shape…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

We extend previous proofs that violations of the null energy condition (NEC) are a generic and universal feature of traversable wormholes to completely non-symmetric time-dependent wormholes. We show that the analysis can be phrased purely…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 David Hochberg , Matt Visser

This work presents a new class of static, spherically symmetric traversable wormhole solutions within the framework of non-minimal Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) gravity, where the SU(2) Yang-Mills field is purely magnetic. By adopting a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-08 Jureeporn Yuennan , Allah Ditta , Thammarong Eadkhong , Phongpichit Channuie

In this work we analyze traversable wormhole spacetimes in the framework of a covariant generalization of Einstein's General Relativity known as energy-momentum squared gravity, or $f\left(R,\mathcal T\right)$ gravity, where $R$ is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-16 João Luís Rosa , Nailya Ganiyeva , Francisco S. N. Lobo

In this work we study and compare the features of gravitational entropy near the throat of transversable wormholes formed by exotic matter and wormholes in galactic halos. We have verified that gravitational entropy and entropy density of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-03-19 R. de C. Lima , José A. C. Nogales , S. H. Pereira

In this work, we consider the full Horndeski Lagrangian applied to wormhole geometries and present the full gravitational field equations. We analyse the general constraints imposed by the flaring-out conditions at the wormhole throat and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-29 Roman Korolev , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Sergey V. Sushkov

Static axisymmetric thin-shell wormholes are constructed within the framework of the Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor theory of gravity. Examples of wormholes associated with vacuum and electromagnetic fields are studied. All constructions must be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-12 Ernesto F. Eiroa , Claudio Simeone

We review a new traversable-wormhole solution of the gravitational field equation of general relativity without exotic matter. Instead of having exotic matter to keep the wormhole throat open, the solution relies on a 3-dimensional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-25 Frans R. Klinkhamer

Here, we propose a new exponential shape function in wormhole geometry within modified gravity. The energy conditions and equation of state parameter are obtained. The radial and tangential null energy conditions are validated, as well as…

A basic constraint to be satisfied by Brans class I solution for being a traversible wormhole is derived. It is argued that the solution could be a wormhole analogue of the Horowitz-Ross naked black hole. It is further demonstrated that the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-25 Amrita Bhattacharya , Ilnur Nigmatzyanov , Ramil Izmailov , Kamal K. Nandi

It has been known for a long time that Morris-Thorne wormholes can only be held open by violating the null energy condition, which can be expressed in the form $\tau-\rho c^2>0$, where $\tau$ is the radial tension. Matter that violates this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-19 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

In general relativity, traversable wormholes are possible provided they do not represent shortcuts in the spacetime. Einstein equations, together with the achronal averaged null energy condition, demand to take longer for an observer to go…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-08-14 Gaston Giribet , Emilio Rubín de Celis , Claudio Simeone

We investigate possible manifolds characterizing traversable wormholes in the presence of a scalar field minimally coupled to gravity, which has both kinetic and potential energy. The feature of traversability requires the violation of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-31 R. Garattini , A. G. Tzikas