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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

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

This paper extends an earlier study by the author [Phys. Rev. D, vol. 98, 064041 (2018), arXiv:1809.01993] in several significant ways. To begin with, the extra spatial dimension is assumed to be time dependent, while the redshift and shape…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-06 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

The paper entitled Unimodular Gravity Traversable Wormholes by Agrawal et al. examined the properties of barotropic wormholes without tidal forces within the framework of Unimodular Gravity. Our analysis demonstrates that their conclusion…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-17 Mauricio Cataldo , Norman Cruz

Since the general relativistic approach requires exotic matter with negative energy density, constructing wormholes containing realistic matter is a crucial challenge. Therefore, extending General Relativity to non-minimal cases may be an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-15 Özcan Sert

We study a new approach for the wormhole construction in Einstein-Born-Infeld gravity, which does not require exotic matters in the Einstein equation. The Born-Infeld field equation is not modified from "coordinate independent" conditions…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Jin Young Kim , Mu-In Park

Asymptotically flat wormhole solutions are found in the deformed Ho\v{r}ava-Lifshitz gravity. It turns out that higher curvature terms can not play the role of exotic matters which are crucial to form a traversable wormhole, and external…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-06-14 Edwin J. Son , Wontae Kim

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

Wormhole is defined as the topological structure with the throat connecting two asymptotically flat spaces. In order to have and maintain the structure of the wormhole, there needs the geometrical flare-out condition, i.e., the minimal size…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Sung-Won Kim

Wormholes are tunnels connecting two different points in space-time. In Einstein's General Relativity theory, wormholes are expected to be filled by exotic matter, i.e., matter that does not satisfy the energy conditions and may have…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-17 P. H. R. S. Moraes , P. K. Sahoo

Wormhole solutions in a generalized hybrid metric-Palatini matter theory, given by a gravitational Lagrangian $f\left(R,\cal{R}\right)$, where $R$ is the metric Ricci scalar, and $\mathcal{R}$ is a Palatini scalar curvature defined in terms…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-03 João Luís Rosa , José P. S. Lemos , Francisco S. N. Lobo

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

We consider Non-local Gravity in view to obtain stable and traversable wormhole solutions. In particular, the class of Non-local Integral Kernel Theories of Gravity, with the inverse d'Alembert operator in the gravitational action, is taken…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-28 Salvatore Capozziello , Nisha Godani

We present the first analysis of traversable wormhole solutions within the framework of Einstein-aether theory. We show that the corresponding field equations admit three distinct wormhole geometries, obtained by adopting three different…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Hanif Golchin , Hamid R. Bakhtiarizadeh , Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh

In this study, we have examined the evolving wormhole solution within Einstein-massive gravity, considering traceless, barotropic, and anisotropic pressure fluids. We have conducted a comprehensive analysis of the constraints imposed by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-31 Ayanendu Dutta , Dhritimalya Roy , Subenoy Chakraborty

In this work, we study the rotating wormhole geometries supported by a three-form field. We demonstrate for particular choices of parameters that it is possible for the matter fields threading the wormhole to satisfy the null and weak…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-18 Takol Tangphati , Butsayapat Chaihao , Daris Samart , Phongpichit Channuie , Davood Momeni

It is generally believed that wormholes are supported by exotic matter violating Null Energy Condition (NEC). However, various studies of wormhole geometries under Lovelock theories of gravity have reported existence of wormhole supported…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-15 Koushik Chakraborty , Abdul Aziz , Farook Rahaman , Saibal Ray

We present a new definition of the wormhole throat including the flare-out condition and the traversability for general dynamical spacetimes in terms of null geodesic congruences. We will examine our definition for some examples and see…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Yoshimune Tomikawa , Keisuke Izumi , Tetsuya Shiromizu

In the present paper, we investigate wormholes in 4D-Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity without the requirement of exotic matters. We have taken the radial dependent red-shift function $\phi=\ln \left( {\frac {r_{{0}}}{r}}+1 \right)$ and shape…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-23 Ambuj Kumar Mishra , Shweta , Umesh Kumar Sharma

In the present article we propose a new hybrid shape function for wormhole (WH)s in the modified $f(R,T)$ gravity. The proposed shape function satisfied the conditions of WH geometry. Geometrical behavior of WH solutions are discussed in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-22 Parbati Sahoo , Sanjay Mandal , P. K. Sahoo