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Hauptverfasser: Ayuso, Ismael, Lazkoz, Ruth
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author Ayuso, Ismael
Lazkoz, Ruth
author_facet Ayuso, Ismael
Lazkoz, Ruth
contents 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 equations is produced by the inclusion in the gravitational Lagrangian linear of a background four-vector $λ_μ$. This new term expands significantly the conventional description of gravity making it highly non-linear, and therefore drawing general conclusions about legitimate forms of $λ_μ$ proves a formidable task in general. It is, then, customary to adopt an ansatz that strikes a balance between enabling new phenomenology while retaining a significant degree of generality on $λ_μ$. Ours is given by the choice $λ_μ=(0,λ_1(r), 0, 0)$, with an arbitrary $λ_1(r)$. By setting $λ_1(r)=-1/r$ we craft new families with physically desirable properties, but the wormholes thus generated turn out to be conical, as evidenced by an angle deficit, in a similar fashion to other known solution families. Under the general shape of $λ_1(r)$, we demonstrate that these solutions are not compatible with the Null Energy Condition (NEC) in general, as it happens to their General Relativity counterparts, except on specific occasions where the derivative of the redshift function of the metric diverges at the throat (however, in these latter cases, the traversability of the wormhole will be disrupted). On the other hand, it is possible to solve the conical character and satisfies the flatness condition for more general functions of $λ_1(r)$.
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spellingShingle Characterization of wormhole space-times supported by a covariant action-dependent Lagrangian theory
Ayuso, Ismael
Lazkoz, Ruth
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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 equations is produced by the inclusion in the gravitational Lagrangian linear of a background four-vector $λ_μ$. This new term expands significantly the conventional description of gravity making it highly non-linear, and therefore drawing general conclusions about legitimate forms of $λ_μ$ proves a formidable task in general. It is, then, customary to adopt an ansatz that strikes a balance between enabling new phenomenology while retaining a significant degree of generality on $λ_μ$. Ours is given by the choice $λ_μ=(0,λ_1(r), 0, 0)$, with an arbitrary $λ_1(r)$. By setting $λ_1(r)=-1/r$ we craft new families with physically desirable properties, but the wormholes thus generated turn out to be conical, as evidenced by an angle deficit, in a similar fashion to other known solution families. Under the general shape of $λ_1(r)$, we demonstrate that these solutions are not compatible with the Null Energy Condition (NEC) in general, as it happens to their General Relativity counterparts, except on specific occasions where the derivative of the redshift function of the metric diverges at the throat (however, in these latter cases, the traversability of the wormhole will be disrupted). On the other hand, it is possible to solve the conical character and satisfies the flatness condition for more general functions of $λ_1(r)$.
title Characterization of wormhole space-times supported by a covariant action-dependent Lagrangian theory
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06756