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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

In this article, we study the possibility of sustaining a static and spherically symmetric traversable wormhole geometries admitting conformal motion in Einstein gravity, which presents a more systematic approach to search a relation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-01 Piyali Bhar , Farook Rahaman , Tuhina Manna , Ayan Banerjee

In this work, we employ the Darmois-Israel thin-shell formalism to construct both static and dynamic thin-shell configurations surrounding traversable wormholes. Initially, using the cut-and-paste technique, we perform a linearized…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-26 Francisco S. N. Lobo

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

Wormhole geometries in curvature-matter coupled modified gravity are explored, by considering an explicit nonminimal coupling between an arbitrary function of the scalar curvature, R, and the Lagrangian density of matter. It is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-09 Nadiezhda Montelongo Garcia , 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

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

Within 2+1-dimensional cosmological new massive gravity, we consider thin-shell and thin-shell wormhole construction. For this, we introduce first, the junction conditions apt for the fourth order terms in the action of the theory. Then, by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-06-04 S. Danial Forghani , S. Habib Mazharimousavi , M. Halilsoy

In this work, we undertake an analysis of new wormhole solutions within an action-dependent Lagrangian framework. These geometries can be traversable and supported by a positive energy density. The modification of the gravitational field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-12 Ismael Ayuso , Ruth Lazkoz

This paper investigates the massive gauge field within spacetime context from a $\mathbb{Z}_2$ quotient of the constant curvature black hole. We investigate how the matter field's back reaction affects the spacetime geometry, considering…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-22 Ankit Anand , Ruben Campos Delgado , Daris Samart

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

In the conventional method of studying wormhole (WH) geometry, traversability requires the presence of exotic matter, which also provides negative gravity effects to keep the wormhole throat open. In dRGT massive gravity theory, we produce…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-07 Piyali Bhar

Traversable wormholes necessarily require violations of the averaged null energy condition; this being the definition of ``exotic matter''. However, the theorems which guarantee the energy condition violation are remarkably silent when it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-18 Matt Visser , Sayan Kar , Naresh Dadhich

In this paper, we use the embedding class-I technique to examine the effect of charge on traversable wormhole geometry in the context of $f(\mathcal{G})$ theory, where $\mathcal{G}$ is the Gauss-Bonnet term. For this purpose, we consider…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-04 M. Zeeshan Gul , M. Sharif

The metric of some Lorentzian wormholes in the background of the FRW universe is obtained. It is shown that for a de Sitter space-time the new solution is supported by Phantom Energy. The wave equation for a scalar field in such backgrounds…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Behrouz Mirza , Mehdi Eshaghi , Shahram Dehdashti

Various spacetime candidates for traversable wormholes, regular black holes, and `black-bounces' are presented and thoroughly explored in the context of the gravitational theory of general relativity. All candidate spacetimes belong to the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-30 Alex Simpson

It has been suggested that a possible candidate for the present accelerated expansion of the Universe is ''phantom energy''. The latter possesses an equation of state of the form $\omega\equiv p/\rho<-1$, consequently violating the null…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Francisco S. N. Lobo

In this paper, we introduce higher dimensional thin-shell wormholes in pure Gauss-Bonnet gravity. The focus is on thin-shell wormholes constructed by $N\geq5$-dimensional spherically symmetric vacuum solutions. The results suggest that,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-25 S. Danial Forghani , S. Habib Mazharimousavi

In this paper we have explored the possibility of constructing a traversable wormhole on the Shtanov-Sahni braneworld with a timelike extra dimension. We find that the Weyl curvature singularity at the throat of the wormhole can be removed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-14 Rikpratik Sengupta , Shounak Ghosh , M. Kalam

We speculate about the spacetime description due to the presence of Lorentzian wormholes (handles in spacetime joining two distant regions or other universes) in quantum gravity. The semiclassical rate of production of these Lorentzian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 Jose-Luis Rosales