General class of wormhole geometries in conformal Weyl gravity

TL;DR

This paper explores a broad class of wormhole solutions within conformal Weyl gravity, revealing exact asymptotically flat geometries with novel stress energy profiles that can satisfy energy conditions locally, unlike in general relativity.

Contribution

It introduces a new class of wormhole geometries in conformal Weyl gravity with solutions that differ from general relativity and satisfy energy conditions near the throat.

Findings

Exact asymptotically flat wormhole solutions found

Stress energy tensor profiles differ from GR

Some geometries satisfy energy conditions near the throat

Abstract

In this work, a general class of wormhole geometries in conformal Weyl gravity is analyzed. A wide variety of exact solutions of asymptotically flat spacetimes is found, in which the stress energy tensor profile differs radically from its general relativistic counterpart. In particular, a class of geometries is constructed that satisfies the energy conditions in the throat neighborhood, which is in clear contrast to the general relativistic solutions.