General parametrization of wormhole spacetimes and its application to shadows and quasinormal modes

The general parametrization for spacetimes of spherically symmetric Lorentzian, traversable wormholes in an arbitrary metric theory of gravity is presented. The parametrization is similar in spirit to the post-Newtonian parametrized formalism, but with validity that extends beyond the weak field reg...

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Published in:Physical review. D 2021-06, Vol.103 (12), p.1, Article 124062
Main Authors: Bronnikov, Kirill A., Konoplya, Roman A., Pappas, Thomas D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Gravitation theory
Mathematical analysis
Parameterization
Shadows
Spacetime
Wormholes
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Summary:The general parametrization for spacetimes of spherically symmetric Lorentzian, traversable wormholes in an arbitrary metric theory of gravity is presented. The parametrization is similar in spirit to the post-Newtonian parametrized formalism, but with validity that extends beyond the weak field region and covers the whole space. Our method is based on a continued-fraction expansion in terms of a compactified radial coordinate. Calculations of shadows and quasinormal modes for various examples of parametrization of known wormhole metrics that we have performed show that, for most cases, the parametrization provides excellent accuracy already at the first order. Therefore, only a few parameters are dominant and important for finding potentially observable quantities in a wormhole background. We have also extended the analysis to the regime of slow rotation.
ISSN:2470-0010
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.103.124062