Wormhole geometries in modified teleparallel gravity and the energy conditions

By C. Boehmer, Tiberiu Harko, Francisco S. N. Lobo. 2011

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In this work, we explore the possibility that static and spherically symmetric traversable wormhole geometries are supported by modified teleparallel gravity or fðTÞ gravity, where T is the torsion scalar. Considering the field equations with an off-diagonal tetrad, a plethora of asymptotically flat exact solutions are found, which satisfy the weak and the null energy conditions at the throat and its vicinity. More specifically, considering T � 0, we find the general conditions for a wormhole satisfying the energy conditions at the throat and present specific examples that satisfy the energy conditions throughout the spacetime. As a consistency check, we also verify that in the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity, i.e., fðT Þ¼ T, one regains the standard general relativistic field equations for wormhole physics. Furthermore, considering specific choices for the fðTÞ form and for the redshift and shape functions, several solutions of wormhole geometries are found that satisfy the energy conditions at the throat and its neighborhood. As in their general relativistic counterparts, these fðTÞ wormhole geometries present farreaching physical and cosmological implications, such as being theoretically useful as shortcuts in spacetime and for inducing closed timelike curves, possibly violating causality.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Oceanography

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