Traversable wormhole models supported by a string cloud in rainbow gravity

Abstract

The traversable wormholes are fascinating as the shortcuts in space–time. This work discusses the geometry of a traversable wormhole with a string cloud as a source in rainbow gravity. The field equations are developed and solved to obtain the wormhole’s shape function, cloud’s mass density, and string tension. We have calculated the shape function and made it specific to study the dynamics for toy model. Based on the three well-known pairs of rainbow functions (mentioned by Ali and Khalil), the string cloud’s dynamical variables including mass density and string tension are graphically presented. The corresponding energy conditions are also visually depicted. It is found that the source matter (string cloud) of the traversable wormhole must be exotic. However, the positive values of the string tension led to the presence of Casimir and dark energy effects. It is found that the toy model respects the null energy condition for a single pair of rainbow functions, i.e., Rainbow Function Type II. We have concluded that in rainbow gravity theory, the traversable wormhole solutions originating from a string cloud requires the presence of exotic matter to achieve a stable structure.