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We obtain traversable wormhole and time machine solutions of the field equations of an alternative of gravity with non-minimally curvature-matter coupling. Our solutions exhibit a non-trivial redshift function and allow for matter that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-30 Orfeu Bertolami , Ricardo Zambujal Ferreira

In this work, we investigate the existence of wormholes within the framework of Loop Quantum Cosmology, using isotropic dark matter as the source. We analyze three distinct density profiles and solve the modified gravity field equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-11 Marcos V. de S. Silva , G. Alencar , R. N. Costa Filho , R. M. P. Neves , Celio R. Muniz

Alternative gravity is nowadays an extremely important tool to address some persistent observational issues, such as the dark sector of the universe. They can also be applied to stellar astrophysics, leading to outcomes one step ahead of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-15 P. H. R. S. Moraes , P. K. Sahoo

A wormhole is constructed by cutting and joining two spacetimes satisfying the low energy string equations with a dilaton field. In spacetimes described by the "string metric" the dilaton energy-momentum tensor need not satisfy the weak or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-11-19 Dan N. Vollick

Braneworld models were firstly proposed as a great alternative for the hierarcy problem of particle physics, by allowing gravitons, differently from the other interacting bosons, to propagate through an extradimensional space named bulk. As…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-24 Ayan Banerjee , P. H. R. S. Moraes , R. A. C. Correa , G. Ribeiro

We investigate a family of inhomogeneous and anisotropic gravitational fields exhibiting a future singularity at a finite value of the proper time. The studied spherically symmetric spacetimes are asymptotically Friedmann-Robertson-Walker…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-15 Mauricio Cataldo , Paola Meza

Wormholes have been always an interesting object in gravity theories. In this paper we make a little review of the principal properties of these objects and the exotic matter they need to exist. Then, we obtain two specific solutions in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-07-17 Alexis Larranaga

The model of a spiral galaxy with radially directed flows of dark matter is extended by exotic matter, in a form of a perfect fluid with a linear anisotropic equation of state. The exotic matter is collected in the minimum of gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-11 Igor Nikitin

Wormholes allowed by the general theory of relativity that are simultaneously traversable by humanoid travelers are subject to severe constraints from quantum field theory, particularly the so-called quantum inequalities, here slightly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

In the present work we investigate wormhole structures and the energy conditions supporting them, in Einstein-Cartan theory ({\sf ECT}). The matter content consists of a Weyssenhoff fluid along with an anisotropic matter which together…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-03 Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh , Amir Hadi Ziaie

A fundamental property in wormhole physics is the flaring-out condition of the throat, which through the Einstein field equation entails the violation of the null energy condition. In the context of modified theories of gravity, it has also…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-11-07 Francisco S. N. Lobo

Wormhole solutions in General Relativity (GR) require \textit{exotic} matter sources that violate the null energy condition (NEC), and it is well known that higher-order modifications of GR and some alternative matter sources can support…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-06 Parangam Goswami , Anshuman Baruah , Atri Deshamukhya

In this study, we investigate traversable wormholes inspired by the Kiselev framework, which extends classical black hole solutions by incorporating anisotropic fluids. These exotic fluids play a crucial role in cosmology, particularly in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-28 Jureeporn Yuennan , Piyachat Panyasiripan , Phongpichit Channuie

The well-known problem of wormholes in general relativity (GR) is the necessity of exotic matter, violating the Weak Energy Condition (WEC), for their support. This problem looks easier if, instead of island-like configurations, one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-08 K. A. Bronnikov , S. V. Bolokhov , M. V. Skvortsova

We explore the existence of wormholes in the context of $f(R,T)$ gravity. The $f(R,T)$ theory is a curvature-matter coupled modified gravity that depends on an arbitrary function of the Ricci scalar $R$ and the trace of the stress-energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-05-24 Ayan Banerjee , Takol Tangphati , Anirudh Pradhan

Wormhole solutions in classical General Relativity are unstable and hence non traversable. Morris and Thorne discovered a traversable wormhole solution that required the energy momentum tensor of matter sources to violate various energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-21 Anshuman Baruah , Atri Deshamukhya

In this work, we find novel static and spherically symmetric wormhole geometries using a three-form field. By solving the gravitational field equations, we find a variety of analytical and numerical solutions and show that it is possible…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-10 Bruno J. Barros , Francisco S. N. Lobo

The wormhole solution could be found by solving the Einstein field equations with violating the null energy condition (NEC). We represent wormhole solutions in $\kappa(R,T)$ gravity in two different ways. At first, we find the shape…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-27 Susmita Sarkar , Nayan Sarkar , Farook Rahaman , Y Aditya

The presence of exotic matter for the existence of the wormhole geometry has been an unavoidable problem in GR. In recent studies researchers have tried to deal with this issue using modified gravity theories where the WH geometry is…

General Physics · Physics 2022-04-19 Umesh Kumar Sharma , Shweta , Ambuj Kumar Mishra

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