On the shadow of rotating traversable wormholes

Abstract We revisit the shadow of rotating traversable wormholes discussing the role of the wormhole throat in the shadow formation. For certain classes of wormholes the throat serves as a potential barrier for light rays with particular impact parameters, thus modifying the shadow shape. We conside...

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Main Authors: Galin Gyulchev, Petya Nedkova, Vassil Tinchev, Stoytcho Yazadjiev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-07-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6012-9