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We derive the simplest traversable wormhole solutions in $n$-dimensional general relativity, assuming static and spherically symmetric spacetime with a ghost scalar field. This is the generalization of the Ellis solution (or the so-called…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-17 Takashi Torii , Hisa-aki Shinkai

We construct wormholes in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theories with a potential for the scalar field that includes a mass term and self-interaction terms. By varying the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant we delimit the domain of existence of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-16 Rustam Ibadov , Burkhard Kleihaus , Jutta Kunz , Sardor Murodov

A static spherically symmetric wormhole solution for conformal gravity in vacuum is found. The solution possesses a single integration constant which determines the size of the neck connecting two static homogeneous universes of constant…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-07-08 Julio Oliva , David Tempo , Ricardo Troncoso

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

We present an analysis of the classic wormhole geometries based on conformal Weyl gravity, rather than standard general relativity. The main characteristics of the resulting traversable wormholes remain the same as in the seminal study by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-26 Gabriele U. Varieschi , Kellie L. Ault

In this paper, we explore wormhole solutions in a higher-derivative theory of gravity where the action depends not only on the Ricci scalar \(R\), but also on its d'Alembertian, \(\Box R\). Such \(f(R,\Box R)\) models are motivated by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-19 M Daniel Ranjan , Soumya Chakrabarti , Sanjit Das

A possible astrophysical object to be found in General Relativity is the wormhole. This special solution describes a topological bridge connecting points in two distinguished universes or two different points in the same universe. Despite…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-21 Moreshwar Tayde , Joao R. L. Santos , Julia N. Araujo , P. K. Sahoo

We investigate the role of a specifically warped extra dimension in constructing examples of higher dimensional spacetimes representing Lorentzian wormholes. The warping chosen is largely inspired by the well-known non-static Witten bubble…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-07-20 Sayan Kar

We present a new class of solutions for static spherically symmetric wormhole spacetimes in conformal gravity and outline a detailed method for their construction. As an explicit example, we construct a class of traversable and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-09 Manuel Hohmann , Christian Pfeifer , Martti Raidal , Hardi Veermäe

In 6D general relativity with a phantom scalar field as a source of gravity, we present solutions that implement a transition from an effective 4D geometry times small extra dimensions to an effectively 6D space-time where the physical laws…

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

We show explicitly that traversable wormholes requiring exotic matter in 4-dimensions nevertheless have acceptable stress-tensors obeying reasonable energy conditions in higher dimensions if the wormholes are regarded as being embedded in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 W. F. Kao , Chopin Soo

In this talk I discuss pertinence of the wormholes to the problem of circumventing the light speed barrier and present a specific class of wormholes. The wormholes of this class are static and have arbitrarily wide throats, which makes them…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. V. Krasnikov

We study the geometry of a wormhole spacetime filled with anisotropic matter in the context of general relativity. In the course of the study, new static and spherically symmetric solutions, analytic and numerical ones, are found. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-04 Hyeong-Chan Kim , Youngone Lee

We study the properties of evolving wormholes able to exist in a closed Friedmann dust-filled universe and described by a particular branch of the well-known Lema{\i}tre-Tolman-Bondi solution to the Einstein equations and its generalization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-14 Kirill A. Bronnikov , Pavel E. Kashargin , Sergey V. Sushkov

A class of $f(R, T)$ theories extends the Einstein-Hilbert action by incorporating a general function of $R$ and $T$, the Ricci scalar and the trace of the ordinary energy-momentum tensor $T_{\mu\nu}$, respectively, thereby introducing a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-30 Yaghoub Heydarzade , Maryam Ranjbar

In this study, we explore a topologically charged higher-dimensional traversable defect wormhole, with a specific emphasis on five dimensions. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that the matter-energy distribution attributed to this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-06 Faizuddin Ahmed

Recently, a modified theory of gravity was presented, which consists of the superposition of the metric Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian with an $f(\cal R)$ term constructed \`{a} la Palatini. The theory possesses extremely interesting features…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-12-20 Salvatore Capozziello , Tiberiu Harko , Tomi S. Koivisto , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Gonzalo J. Olmo

In this paper, we explore higher-dimensional asymptotically flat wormhole geometries in the framework of Gauss-Bonnet (GB) gravity and investigate the effects of the GB term, by considering a specific radial-dependent redshift function and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-06 Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh , Mahdi Kord Zangeneh , Francisco S. N. Lobo

We consider rotating Lorentzian wormholes with a phantom field in five dimensions. These wormhole solutions possess equal angular momenta and thus represent cohomogeneity-1 configurations. For a given size of the throat, the angular momenta…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-16 Vladimir Dzhunushaliev , Vladimir Folomeev , Burkhard Kleihaus , Jutta Kunz , Eugen Radu

To date, many exotic predictions of Einstein's equations have been corroborated, with one exception: wormholes (WHs). In this work, we analyse a new exact solution combination to the Einstein-Maxwell-Dilaton or Phantom equations, which…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-18 Leonel Bixano , Tonatiuh Matos