Charged wormholes in (anti-)de Sitter spacetime
Abstract
We present a family of charged, traversable wormhole solutions in the presence of a cosmological constant. In de Sitter spacetime, two types of wormhole throats can exist–referred to as typical and cosmological throat–located at small and large radial values, respectively. In anti-de Sitter spacetime, the throat geometry allows for positive, zero, or negative curvature, enabling the possibility of an infinite throat area. We analyze the flare-out condition, a key requirement for the existence of traversable wormholes, which imposes constraints on the equation of state parameters governing the supporting matter. These solutions are shown to be of Petrov type D . Furthermore, we examine radial geodesics of null and timelike particles. In the de Sitter case, particles traverse the wormhole, passing from one throat to the other. In contrast, in the anti-de Sitter case, particles exhibit recurrent oscillatory motion between two asymptotic regions, cyclically disappearing and reappearing across the throats.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physics Letters B
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Volume
- 873
- Pages
- 140145–140145
- Publication date
- 4 January 2026
- Language
- EN