Casimir Energy Traversable Wormholes in Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity

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Department of Mathematics, Institute of Applied Sciences and Humanities, GLA University, Mathura-281 406, Uttar Pradesh, India

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In recent years, research has concentrated on finding techniques to create traversable wormholes that circumvent the exotic matter problem or violate the null energy condition (NEC). Scientists are investigating alternate gravity theories and specific frameworks of ordinary matter that might potentially stabilize a wormhole throat, eliminating the necessity for negative energy density. Casimir energy, a quantum field theory phenomenon, provides a plausible option for producing traversable wormholes. Because Casimir energy can naturally produce specific regions of negative energy density, researchers are exploring how this artificial negative energy may function as the exotic matter needed to stabilize a wormhole's throat, potentially avoiding the need for theorized exotic matter. This research studies traversable wormhole geometries using Casimir energy as the source of the requisite exotic matter, looking at solutions within the framework of three different functional forms of $f(Q)$ gravity. The three functional forms taken are the power-law form, the inverse power-law form, and the logarithmic form for investigation. In all three cases, energy conditions are discussed. The anisotropy parameter and EoS parameter are analyzed to find a plausible solution for a traversable wormhole space-time.

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Volume 6, Issue 3
March 2026
Pages 52-71
  • Receive Date: 16 November 2025
  • Revise Date: 13 December 2025
  • Accept Date: 29 December 2025