https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11541-6
Regular Article
Static spherical wormhole models in f (R, T) gravity
1
Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, 54590, Lahore, Pakistan
2
Centre for High Energy Physics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, 54590, Lahore, Pakistan
* e-mail: zeeshan.math@pu.edu.pk
Received:
11
April
2017
Accepted:
9
May
2017
Published online:
19
June
2017
This paper explores the possibility of the existence of wormhole geometries coupled with relativistic matter configurations by taking a particular model of 
gravity (where T is the trace of energy-momentum tensor). For this purpose, we take the static form of spherically symmetric spacetime and after assuming a specific form of matter and combinations of shape function, the validity of energy conditions is checked. We have discussed our results through graphical representation and studied the equilibrium background of wormhole models by taking an anisotropic fluid. The extra curvature quantities coming from gravity could be interpreted as a gravitational entity supporting these non-standard astrophysical wormhole models. We have shown that in the context of anisotropic fluid and 
gravity, wormhole models could possibly exist in few zones in the space of parameters without the need for exotic matter.
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