Charged wormholes in (anti-)de Sitter spacetime

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Authors: Hyeong-Chan Kim, Wonwoo Lee
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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