Generalized Bronnikov–Ellis wormhole with nonlinear electromagnetic field

Abstract In this paper, we present a spherically symmetric wormhole in Einstein gravity coupled with the phantom scalar field and the nonlinear electromagnetic field. Numerical results show that this solution violates the Null Energy Condition (NEC), and as the parameters change, the ADM mass of the entire spacetime changes from positive to negative. In addition, we analyze the light ring (LR) of the solution and demonstrate the astronomical observation properties. Especially when negative mass appears, the general LR will not appear, only a “special unstable LR” exists at the throat, which is caused by the repulsive effect of the negative mass on both sides of the wormhole. Finally, we draw the embedding diagram to reflect the geometric characteristics of the wormhole.