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Analytical general solutions for static wormholes in<i>f</i>(<i>R</i>,<i>T</i>) gravity

P. H. R. S. MoraesITA-Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 12228-900, São José dos Campos, SP, BrazilR. A. C. CorreaITA-Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, 12228-900, São José dos Campos, SP, BrazilRonaldo V. LobatoDipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
2017he
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Originally proposed as a tool for teaching the general theory of relativity, wormholes are today approached in many different ways and are seeing as an efficient alternative for interstellar and time travel. Attempts to achieve observational signatures of wormholes have been growing as the subject has became more and more popular. In this article we investigate some $f(R,T)$ theoretical predictions for static wormholes, i.e., wormholes whose throat radius can be considered a constant. Since the $T$-dependence in $f(R,T)$ gravity is due to the consideration of quantum effects, a further investigation of wormholes in such a theory is well motivated. We obtain the energy conditions of static wormholes in $f(R,T)$ gravity and apply an analytical approach to find the solutions. We highlight that our results are in agreement with previous solutions presented in the literature.

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