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The construction of traversable wormholes (WHs) with a cosmological constant, $\Lambda$, introduces significant challenges and leads to non-trivial modifications of the spacetime geometry. In this work, we obtain an analytical solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-12 Rajesh Karmakar , Xian-Hui Ge

When Morris and Thorne first proposed the possible existence of traversable wormholes, they adopted the following strategy: maintain complete control over the geometry, thereby leaving open the determination of the stress-energy tensor. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-24 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

In [P. Kanti, B. Kleihaus, J. Kunz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 271101 (2011)] it was shown that the four-dimensional Einstein-dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet theory allows for wormholes without introducing any exotic matter. The numerical solution for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-28 M. A. Cuyubamba , R. A. Konoplya , A. Zhidenko

In this article we theoretically construct circular thin-shell wormholes in a 2+1 dimensional spacetime. The construction is symmetric with respect to the throat. We present a general formalism for the study of the mechanical stability…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-09-11 Cecilia Bejarano , Ernesto F. Eiroa , Claudio Simeone

We investigate the radial perturbations of Ellis-Bronnikov wormholes ($\mathrm{l}=0$) in a slowly rotating background expanded up to second order in rotation. We find indications that simple wormhole solutions such as Ellis-Bronnikov in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-27 Bahareh Azad , Jose Luis Blázquez-Salcedo , Fech Scen Khoo , Jutta Kunz

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

The solutions of traversable wormholes and their geometries are investigated in higher-curvature gravity with boundary terms for each case under the presence of anisotropic, isotropic and barotropic fluids in detail. For each case, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-03 M. Ilyas , Kazuharu Bamba

We test the stability of various wormholes and black holes supported by a scalar field with a negative kinetic term. The general axial perturbations and the monopole type of polar perturbations are considered in the linear approximation.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-07-15 K. A. Bronnikov , R. A. Konoplya , A. Zhidenko

It has recently been shown that traversable wormholes may be supported by phantom energy. In this work phantom wormhole geometries are modelled by matching an interior traversable wormhole solution, governed by the equation of state…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Francisco S. N. Lobo

In this paper, we analyze static traversable wormholes via Noether symmetry technique in modified Gauss-Bonnet $f(\mathcal{G})$ theory of gravity (where $\mathcal{G}$ represents Gauss-Bonnet term). We assume isotropic matter configuration…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-03 M. Sharif , Iqra Nawazish , Shahid Hussain

Traversable wormhole solutions in General Relativity require exotic matter sources that violate the null energy condition (NEC), and such behavior maybe avoided in modified gravity. In this study, we analyze the energy conditions for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-25 Anshuman Baruah , Parangam Goswami , Atri Deshamukhya

We construct explicit examples of globally regular static, spherically symmetric solutions of general relativity with a phantom scalar field as the source of gravity, describing traversable wormholes with flat asymptotic regions on both…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-19 K. A. Bronnikov , P. A. Korolyov

We study the stability of different higher dimensional thin--shell wormholes (HDTSW) in general relativity with a cosmological constant. We show that a $d$--dimensional thin--shell wormhole surrounded by quintessence can have three…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-02-15 Ayan Banerjee , Kimet Jusufi , Sebastian Bahamonde

In previous work, we analyzed the linear and nonlinear stability of static, spherically symmetric wormhole solutions to Einstein's field equations coupled to a massless ghost scalar field. Our analysis revealed that all these solutions are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-25 J. A. Gonzalez , F. S. Guzman , O. Sarbach

In 6D general relativity with a scalar field as a source of gravity, a new type of static wormhole solutions is presented: such wormholes connect our universe with a small 2D extra subspace with a universe where this extra subspace is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-07 K. A. Bronnikov , M. V. Skvortsova

This paper studies wormhole solutions to Einstein gravity with an arbitrary number of time dependent compact dimensions and a matter-vacuum boundary. A new gauge is utilized which is particularly suited for studies of the wormhole throat.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. DeBenedictis , A. Das

In this work we study the problem of linear stability of gravitational perturbations in stationary and spherically symmetric wormholes. For this purpose, we employ the Newman-Penrose formalism which is well-suited for treating gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-08 Juan Carlos Del Águila , Tonatiuh Matos

The study of traversable wormholes is very hot topic for the past 30 years. One of the best possible way to make traversable wormhole is using the thin-shells to cut and paste two spacetime which has tunnel from one region of space-time to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-27 Ali Övgün

In this paper, we explore static spherically symmetric wormhole solutions in the framework of $n$-dimensional Einstein Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Our objective is to find out wormhole solutions that satisfy energy conditions. For this purpose,…

General Physics · Physics 2016-11-02 Shamaila Rani , Abdul Jawad

We discuss the properties of Lorentzian wormholes in dilatonic Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in four spacetime dimensions. These wormholes do not need any form of exotic matter for their existence. A subset of these wormholes is shown to be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-19 Panagiota Kanti , Burkhard Kleihaus , Jutta Kunz