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We investigate static and spherically symmetric traversable wormhole solutions in the framework of $f(Q)$ gravity by considering a power-law model of the form $f(Q)=\gamma(-Q)^m$. By adopting an anisotropic matter distribution and imposing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-11 Jaydeep Goswami , Rupam Jyoti Borah , Umananda Dev Goswami

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

We study the stability of new neutral and electrically charged four-dimensional black hole solutions of Einstein's equations with a positive cosmological constant and conformally coupled scalar field. The neutral black holes are always…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Tom J. T. Harper , Paul A. Thomas , Elizabeth Winstanley , Phil M. Young

This research delves into the potential existence of traversable wormholes (WHs) within the framework of modified, curvature based gravity. The modification includes linear perturbations of the matter Lagrangian and the trace of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-02 Niklas Loewer , Moreshwar Tayde , P. K. Sahoo

Recently, there has been quite a lot of interest in static, spherical wormhole spacetimes and the question of their stability with respect to time-dependent perturbations. The consideration of linearized perturbations usually leads to a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-06-10 Francesco Cremona , Livio Pizzocchero , Olivier Sarbach

In this paper, we evaluate traversable wormhole solutions through Karmarkar condition in $f(R,T)$ theory, where $T$ is the trace of the energy-momentum tensor and $R$ represents the Ricci scalar. We develop a wormhole shape function for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-06 M. Sharif , Arooj Fatima

The most general set of static and spherically symmetric solutions for conformal Killing gravity coupled to Maxwell fields is presented in closed form. These solutions, depending on six parameters, include non-asymptotically flat black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-07-19 Gérard Clément , Khireddine Nouicer

We investigate the gravitational collapse of a massive scalar field in a conformally flat, spherically symmetric spacetime within general relativity. The collapsing matter distribution is modeled using a minimally coupled homogeneous scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-28 Mohamed Aarif A , Soumya Chakrabarti

Scalar-tensor $f(R)$ theory of gravity is considered in the framework of a simple inhomogeneous space-time model. In this we use the reconstruction technique to look for possible evolving wormhole solutions within viable $f(R)$ gravity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-14 Subhra Bhattacharya , S. Chakraborty

We derive an exact wormhole spacetime supported by a phantom scalar field in the context of $f({\sf R})$ gravity. Without specifying the form of the $f({\sf R})$ function, the scalar field self-interacts with a mass term potential that is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-07 Thanasis Karakasis , Eleftherios Papantonopoulos , Christoforos Vlachos

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

We study the stability of static, spherically symmetric solutions of Rastall's theory in the presence of a scalar field with respect to spherically symmetric perturbations. It is shown that the stability analysis is inconsistent in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-24 K. A. Bronnikov , Júlio C. Fabris , Oliver F. Piattella , Denis C. Rodrigues , Edison C. O. Santos

Using the cut-and-paste procedure, we construct static and dynamic plane symmetric wormholes by surgically grafting together two spacetimes of plane symmetric vacuum solutions with a negative cosmological constant. These plane symmetric…

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

I prove that general relativity admits no asymptotically well-behaved static spherically symmetric traversable wormholes supported by classical scalar fields and nonexotic matter. The theorem holds for all values of the scalar field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-11 Luke M. Butcher

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

In this paper, we consider the problem of test particles and test scalar fields propagating on the background of a class of wormhole space-times. For test particles, we solve for arbitrary causal geodesics in terms of integrals which are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-05-31 Peter Taylor

We consider theories containing scalar fields interacting with vector or with tensor degrees of freedom, equipped with symmetries that prevent the propagation of linearized scalar excitations around solutions of the equations of motion. We…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-14 Gianmassimo Tasinato

To find more deliberate $f(R, T)$ astrophysical solutions, we proceed by studying wormhole geometries under the assumption of spherical symmetry and the existence of a conformal Killing symmetry to attain the more acceptable astrophysical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-21 Ayan Banerjee , Ksh. Newton Singh , M. K. Jasim , Farook Rahaman

We study conformal gravity as an alternative theory of gravitation. For conformal gravity to be phenomenologically viable requires that the conformal symmetry is not manifest at the energy scales of the other known physical forces. Hence we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Jihene Bouchami , M. B. Paranjape

We present an infinite class of one-parameter scalar field extensions to the BTZ black hole in 2+1-dimensions. By virtue of the scalar charge the thin-shell wormhole supported by a linear fluid at the throat becomes stable against linear…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-21 S. Habib Mazharimousavi , Z. Amirabi , M. Halilsoy