https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06214-2
Regular Article
Traversable wormholes sourced by dark matter in loop quantum cosmology
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Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Caixa Postal 6030, Campus do Pici, 60455-760, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
2
Faculdade de Educação, Ciências e Letras de Iguatu, Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Av. Dário Rabelo s/n, 63.500-00, Iguatu, CE, Brazil
a
marcosvinicius@fisica.ufc.br
Received:
24
December
2024
Accepted:
12
March
2025
Published online:
9
April
2025
In this work, we investigate the existence of wormholes within the framework of loop quantum cosmology, using isotropic dark matter as the source. We analyze three distinct density profiles and solve the modified gravity field equations alongside the stress-energy tensor conservation, applying appropriate boundary conditions to obtain traversable wormhole solutions. Each solution is shown to satisfy the geometric criteria for wormholes, and their regularity is verified by computing the Kretschmann scalar to ensure the absence of singularities under determined conditions. Additionally, we examine the stress-energy tensor to identify scenarios in which energy conditions are violated within this model. The wormhole geometry is further explored through embedding diagrams, and the amount of exotic matter required to sustain these structures is computed using the volume integral quantifier. Finally, we study the shadow produced by our wormhole solution, considering one of the dark matter density profiles, and compare it with observations of the M87 galaxy.
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