Charged wormholes in (anti-)de Sitter spacetime
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.
Authors
- Hyeong-Chan Kim
- Wonwoo Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-3753)
Institutions
- Korea National University of Transportation (KR)
- Sogang University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Letters B
- Published
- 2026-01-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.140145
- Primary Topic
- Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- National Research Foundation of Korea