J 2025

On the uplift of 4D wormholes in braneworld models and their 5D structure

PAPPAS, Thomas and Theodoros NAKAS

Basic information

Original name

On the uplift of 4D wormholes in braneworld models and their 5D structure

Authors

PAPPAS, Thomas and Theodoros NAKAS

Edition

Journal of High Energy Physics, New York, SPRINGER, 2025, 1029-8479

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10308 Astronomy

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.500 in 2024

Organization unit

Institute of physics in Opava

UT WoS

001637087200003

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105024666950

Keywords in English

D-Branes;Classical Theories of Gravity

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International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 15/1/2026 13:52, Mgr. Pavlína Jalůvková

Abstract

In the original language

Recent developments for the consistent embedding of general 4D static and spherically-symmetric spacetimes in arbitrary single-brane braneworld models in the form of the General Embedding Algorithm (GEA) [Phys.Rev. D109 (2024) L041501], initiated the program of studying the bulk structure of braneworld wormholes. In this article, adopting a completely generic approach, we derive the general conditions that the metric functions of any braneworld spacetime must satisfy to describe a wormhole structure in the bulk. Particular emphasis is placed on clarifying the proper uplift of 4D spacetimes, expressed in terms of arbitrary radial coordinates on the brane, and we demonstrate the important role of the circumferential radius metric function r(u) for the embedding. To ensure applicability even when r(u) is non-invertible, we develop an extended formulation of the GEA. Additionally, the flare-out conditions for braneworld wormholes are presented for the first time and are found to differ from the case of flat extra dimensions. To illustrate the method, we first perform the uplift into both thin (Randall-Sundrum II) and thick braneworld models for four well-known 4D wormhole spacetimes: the effective braneworld wormhole solutions of Casadio-Fabbri-Mazzacurati and Bronnikov-Kim, the Simpson-Visser spacetime, and the Ellis-Bronnikov or "anti-Fisher" solution. Subsequently, we study their bulk features by means of curvature invariants, flare-out conditions, energy conditions and embedding diagrams. Our analysis reveals that the assumption of a warped extra dimension has non-trivial implications for the structure of 5D wormholes.