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We consider Lorentzian wormholes with a phantom field and chiral matter fields. The chiral fields are described by the non-linear sigma model with or without a Skyrme term. When the gravitational coupling of the chiral fields is increased,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-08 Efstathios Charalampidis , Theodora Ioannidou , Burkhard Kleihaus , Jutta Kunz

We find a family of exact solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell equations for rotating cylindrically symmetric distributions of a perfect fluid with the equation of state $p = w\rho$ ($|w| < 1$), carrying a circular electric current in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-20 K. A. Bronnikov , V. G. Krechet , V. B. Oshurko

This paper generalizes two of the author's earlier wormhole solutions that are characterized by an extra spatial dimension. This paper adds the assumption that the components of the line element are functions not only of the radial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-17 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

Some of the simplest wormhole solutions involve massless scalar fields that take imaginary values. Massless fields can be interpreted as coupling constants in asymptotically flat or asymptotically AdS gravity theories. We argue that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-08 Juan Maldacena , Alexander Maloney , Brian McPeak

Given an anisotropic fluid source, we determine in closed forms, upon solving the field equations of general relativity (GR) and teleparallel gravity (TEGR) coupled to a cosmological constant, cylindrically symmetric four-dimensional…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 Mustapha Azreg-Aïnou

First, the ideas introduced in the wormhole research field since the work of Morris and Thorne are briefly reviewed, namely, the issues of energy conditions, wormhole construction, stability, time machines and astrophysical signatures.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Jose' P. S. Lemos , Francisco S. N. Lobo , Sergio Quinet de Oliveira

We construct a large family of Euclidean supersymmetric wormhole solutions of type IIB supergravity which are asymptotically AdS$_5 \times S^5$. The solutions are constructed using consistent truncation to maximally gauged supergravity in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-07 Davide Astesiano , Fridrik Freyr Gautason

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

It is shown that the existence of static, cylindrically symmetric wormholes does not require violation of the weak or null energy conditions near the throat, and cylindrically symmetric wormhole geometries can appear with less exotic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-30 Kirill A. Bronnikov , José P. S. Lemos

We study wormhole geometries embedded in an expanding universe within a four-scalar non-linear $\sigma$ model, where the target-space metric is identified with the spacetime Ricci tensor. In this framework, wormholes can remain stable even…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-16 Taishi Katsuragawa , Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov

There are a number of reasons to study wormholes with generic cosmological constant $\Lambda$. Recent observations indicate that present accelerating expansion of the universe demands $\Lambda>0$. On the other hand, some extended theories…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-24 Y. Heydarzade , N. Riazi , H. Moradpour

A general class of solutions is obtained which describe a spherically symmetric wormhole system. The presence of arbitrary functions allows one to describe infinitely many wormhole systems of this type. The source of the stress-energy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 A. DeBenedictis , A. Das

The existing solutions to the Einstein equations describing rotating cylindrical wormholes are not asymptotically flat and therefore cannot describe wormhole entrances as local objects in our Universe. To overcome this difficulty, flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-30 K. A. Bronnikov

We present a wormhole solution in four dimensions. It is a solution of an Einstein Maxwell theory plus charged massless fermions. The fermions give rise to a negative Casimir-like energy, which makes the wormhole possible. It is a long…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-11-05 Juan Maldacena , Alexey Milekhin , Fedor Popov

Instanton and wormhole solutions are constructed in a d-dimensional gravity theory with an axion-dilaton pair of scalar fields. We discuss the cases of vanishing, positive and negative cosmological constant.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 Michael Gutperle , Wafic Sabra

A generalisation of the asymptotic wormhole boundary condition for the case of spacetimes with a cosmological horizon is proposed. In particular, we consider de Sitter spacetime with small cosmological constant. The wave functions selected…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Carlos Barcelo

In this work, we investigate wormhole geometries with multiple throats and anti-throats in general relativity. The existence of these structures is identified through the analysis of minima and maxima in the area of the solution. Using…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-09 T. M. Crispim , Marcos V. de S. Silva , G. Alencar , Celio R. Muniz , Diego Sáez-Chillón Gómez

We discuss $(n+1)$-dimensional dynamical wormholes in an evolving cosmological background with a throat expanding with time. These solutions are examined in the general relativity framework. A linear relation between diagonal elements of an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 E. Ebrahimi , N. Riazi

We describe the construction of traversable wormholes with multiple mouths in four spacetime dimensions and discuss associated quantum entanglement. Our wormholes may be traversed between any pair of mouths. In particular, in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-03-07 Roberto Emparan , Brianna Grado-White , Donald Marolf , Marija Tomasevic

A spherically symmetric space-time solution for a diffusive two measures theory is studied. An asymmetric wormhole geometry is obtained where the metric coefficients have a linear term for galactic distances and the analysis of Mannheim and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-31 Sebastian Bahamonde , David Benisty , Eduardo I. Guendelman