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In the homogeneous and isotropic Friedmann-Robertson-Walker minisuperspace model, it is known that there are no Euclidean wormhole solutions in the pure gravity system. Here it is demonstrated explicitly that in Taub cosmology, which is one…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-02-03 Hongsu Kim

We discuss the zero mass pointlike solutions and charged Einstein-Rosen bridges (wormholes) that arise from the dyonic black hole solution of the Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory. These massless black holes exist individually in spacetime,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-26 Prieslei Goulart

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

We study the stability of static, spherically symmetric, traversable wormholes existing due to conformal continuations in a class of scalar-tensor theories with zero scalar field potential (so that Fisher's well-known scalar-vacuum solution…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 K. A. Bronnikov , S. V. Grinyok

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

Traversable wormhole are primarily useful as "gedanken-experiments" and as a theoretician's probe of the foundations of general relativity. In this work, we analyse the possibility of having tunnels in a hyperbolic spacetime. We obtain…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-09-02 Francisco S. N. Lobo , José P. Mimoso

We aim at finding static, spherically symmetric, vacuum solutions of a gauge invariant theory of gravity over Weyl integrable geometry spaces. It arises that vacuum wormholes of pure geometric nature are solutions of this theory. This means…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-08-03 Israel Quiros

We present a class of Lorentzian traversable wormholes in conformal gravity, constructed via Weyl rescaling of Minkowski spacetime. As a result, these wormholes are solutions of every theory of gravity that is both conformally invariant and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-19 Mariano Cadoni , Leonardo Modesto , Mirko Pitzalis , Andrea Pierfrancesco Sanna

Junction conditions for vacuum solutions in five-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity are studied. We focus on those cases where two spherically symmetric regions of space-time are joined in such a way that the induced stress tensor on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Garraffo , G. Giribet , E. Gravanis , S. Willison

The condition R=0, where R is the four-dimensional scalar curvature, is used for obtaining a large class (with an arbitrary function of r) of static, spherically symmetric Lorentzian wormhole metrics. The wormholes are globally regular and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 K. A. Bronnikov , Sung-Won Kim

We discuss a proposal on how gravitational collapse of a NEC (Null Energy Condition) violating spherically symmetric fluid distribution can avoid the formation of a zero proper volume singularity and eventually lead to a Lorentzian wormhole…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-11 Soumya Chakrabarti , Sayan Kar

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

Generalizing of the Maxwell field to nonlinear electrodynamics theories, we look for the magnetic solutions. In initial approximation these models give the usual linear electrodynamics. We consider a suitable metric and investigate the…

General Physics · Physics 2014-05-28 S. H. Hendi

We construct traversable wormholes by starting with simple four-dimensional classical solutions respecting the null energy condition and containing a pair of oppositely charged black holes connected by a non-traversable wormhole. We then…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-03 Zicao Fu , Brianna Grado-White , Donald Marolf

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

We investigate traversable wormhole solutions within the framework of $f(\mathscr{Q},\mathscr{L}_m)$ gravity, a symmetric teleparallel theory featuring non-minimal coupling between geometry and matter. Adopting a linear functional form…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-15 K. Suhasini , G. Ravi Kiran , N. S. Kavya , C. S. Varsha , V. Venkatesha

We present and investigate charged wormhole solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations supported by anisotropic matter fields, with the purpose of establishing their physical plausibility as traversable wormholes. To this end, we examine…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-13 Hyeong-Chan Kim , Sung-Won Kim , Bum-Hoon Lee , Wonwoo Lee

We find the quantum analogues of Carlini-Mijic wormholes and consider their application to the cosmological constant problem. In a simple model with $\Lambda$ only we differ with the results of Strominger.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 D. H. Coule , D. Solomons

This paper discusses the possible existence of traversable wormholes in f(R) modified gravity while assuming a noncommutative-geometry background, as well as zero tidal forces. The first part of the paper aims for an overview via several…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-28 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig

Wormhole solutions in a generalized hybrid metric-Palatini matter theory, given by a gravitational Lagrangian $f\left(R,\cal{R}\right)$, where $R$ is the metric Ricci scalar, and $\mathcal{R}$ is a Palatini scalar curvature defined in terms…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-10-03 João Luís Rosa , José P. S. Lemos , Francisco S. N. Lobo