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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

In this article, we construct a family of spherically symmetric thin-shell wormholes within scalar-tensor theories of gravity. In the case of wormholes symmetric across the throat, we study the matter content and analyze the stability of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-12 Ernesto F. Eiroa , Griselda Figueroa-Aguirre , Vasiliki Karanasou

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 consider the construction of generic spherically symmetric thin-shell traversable wormhole spacetimes in standard general relativity. By using the cut-and-paste procedure, we comprehensively analyze the stability of arbitrary spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-16 Nadiezhda Montelongo Garcia , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Matt Visser

The stability of thin shell wormholes and black holes to linearized spherically symmetric perturbations about a static equilibrium is analyzed. Thin shell formalism is explored and junctions formed from combinations of Schwarzschild,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-13 Travis Seth Rippentrop , Avijit Bera , Mustapha Ishak

We study the stability of static, spherically symmetric, traversable wormholes existing due to conformal continuations in a class of scalar-tensor theories with zero scalar field potential (so that Fisher's well-known scalar-vacuum solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 K. A. Bronnikov , S. V. Grinyok

This paper discusses linearized (spherically symmetric) perturbation of static Heckmann composite thin shell wormholes in Brans-Dicke gravity. The equation of state $P= \beta^2 \sigma$ at the throat is linearized around the static solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-28 Sergey M. Kozyrev

The linearized stability of charged thin shell wormholes under spherically symmetric perturbations is analized. It is shown that the presence of a large value of charge provides stabilization to the system, in the sense that the constrains…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Ernesto F. Eiroa , Gustavo E. Romero

We construct spherically symmetric thin-shell wormholes supported by a generalized Chaplygin gas in Born-Infeld electrodynamics coupled to Einstein gravity, and we analyze their stability under radial perturbations. For different values of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-22 Ernesto F. Eiroa , Griselda Figueroa-Aguirre

We analytically study the non-linear stability of a spherically symmetric wormhole supported by an infinitesimally thin brane of negative tension, which has been devised by Barcelo and Visser. We consider a situation in which a thin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-26 Yumi Akai , Ken-ichi Nakao

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 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

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

Using ideas from the brane world cosmological perturbation theory, we make linear stability analysis of dynamic thin shell wormholes constructed by cutting-and-pasting two building-block spacetime at arbitrary joining shell radiuses. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-12 Ai-chen Li , Wu-long Xu , Ding-fang Zeng

We present thin-shell wormhole solutions in Einstein-Yang-Mills-Gauss-Bonnet (EYMGB) theory in higher dimensions d\geq5. Exact black hole solutions are employed for this purpose where the radius of thin-shell lies outside the event horizon.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-17 S. Habib Mazharimousavi , M. Halilsoy , Z. Amirabi

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

Static, spherically symmetric, traversable wormholes, induced by massless, nonminimally coupled scalar fields in general relativity, are shown to be unstable under spherically symmetric perturbations. The instability is related to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 K. A. Bronnikov , S. Grinyok

Using the integration of wave equation in time-domain we show that scalar field perturbations around the $(2+1)$-dimensional asymptotically flat black hole with Gauss-Bonnet corrections is dynamically stable even for the near extreme values…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-19 Milena Skvortsova

Recently, a class of spherically symmetric thin-shell wormholes in Brans-Dicke gravity have been introduced. Such wormholes can be supported by matter satisfying the weak energy condition (WEC). In this paper, we first obtain all the exact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-28 Xiaojun Yue , Sijie Gao

In our previous papers we have analyzed the stability of vacuum and electrovacuum static, spherically symmetric space-times in the framework of the Bergmann-Wagoner-Nordtvedt class of scalar-tensor theories (STT) of gravity. In the present…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-24 Kirill A. Bronnikov , Sergei V. Bolokhov , Milena V. Skvortsova , Rustam Ibadov , Feruza Y. Shaymanova