Wormholes in Poincarè gauge theory of gravity

Abstract

In this work, we study static spherically symmetric solutions representing wormhole configurations in Poincarè gauge theory ( PGT ). The gravitational sector of the Lagrangian is chosen as a subclass of PGT Lagrangians for which the spin-[Formula: see text] is the only propagating torsion mode. The spacetime torsion in PGT has a dynamical nature even in the absence of intrinsic angular momentum (spin) of matter, hence torsion can play a principal role in the case of usual spin-less gravitating systems. We therefore consider a spin-less matter distribution with an anisotropic energy–momentum tensor ( EMT ) as the supporting source for wormhole structure to obtain a class of zero tidal force wormhole solutions. It is seen that the matter distribution obeys the physical reasonability conditions, i.e. the weak ( WEC ) and null ( NEC ) energy conditions either at the throat and throughout the spacetime. We further consider varying equations of state in radial and tangential directions via definitions [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] and investigate the behavior of state parameters at the throat of wormhole. We observe that our solutions allow for wormhole configurations without the need of exotic matter. Observational features of the wormhole solutions are also discussed utilizing gravitational lensing effects. It is found that the light deflection angle diverges at the throat (which indeed, effectively acts as a photon sphere) and can get zero and negative values depending on the model parameters.