Slowly rotating scalar field wormholes: the second order approximation

TL;DR

This paper develops a second order approximation for slowly rotating scalar field wormholes in general relativity, revealing that rotation increases the asymptotic mass and weakens the null energy condition violation.

Contribution

It introduces a second order approximation method for rotating wormholes with scalar fields, providing new insights into their physical properties.

Findings

Rotating wormholes have greater asymptotic mass than non-rotating ones.

Rotation weakens the violation of the null energy condition.

The solution is constructed using a slow rotation approximation.

Abstract

We discuss rotating wormholes in general relativity with a scalar field with negative kinetic energy. To solve the problem, we use the assumption about slow rotation. The role of a small dimensionless parameter plays the ratio of the linear velocity of rotation of the wormhole's throat and the velocity of light. We construct the rotating wormhole solution in the second order approximation with respect to the small parameter. The analysis shows that the asymptotical mass of the rotating wormhole is greater than that of the non-rotating one, and the NEC violation in the rotating wormhole spacetime is weaker than that in the non-rotating one.