Scalar wormholes with nonminimal derivative coupling
Abstract
We consider static spherically symmetric wormhole configurations in a gravitational theory of a scalar field with a potential and nonminimal derivative coupling to the curvature describing by the term in the action. We show that the flare-out conditions providing the geometry of a wormhole throat could fulfilled both if (phantom scalar) and (ordinary scalar). Supposing additionally a traversability, we construct numerical solutions describing traversable wormholes in the model with arbitrary , and (no potential). The traversability assumes that the wormhole possesses two asymptotically flat regions with corresponding Schwarzschild masses. We find that asymptotical masses of a wormhole with nonminimal derivative coupling could be positive and/or negative depending on . In particular, both masses are positive only provided , otherwise one or both wormhole masses are negative. In conclusion, we give qualitative arguments that a wormhole configuration with positive masses could be stable.
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@article{arxiv.1111.3415,
title = {Scalar wormholes with nonminimal derivative coupling},
author = {Sergey Sushkov and Roman Korolev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3415},
year = {2015}
}
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17 pages, 8 figures