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Could exotic entropy formulas hold wormholes open?

Jonathan A. Rebouças, Francisco Bento Lustosa, Celio R. Muniz

May 29, 2026

Wormholes require exotic matter with negative energy density to stay open — something with no confirmed real-world source. This paper borrows density profiles derived from modified entropy theories (Barrow, Tsallis, Kaniadakis, and two others) and plugs them into the classic Morris–Thorne wormhole equations. Each entropy variant produces a geometrically valid wormhole, but with different distributions of exoticity: some localized at the throat, some spread out, one even allowing a positive-density regime. It's a creative reframing of where wormhole fuel might come from.
Published as Traversable Wormholes Supported by Entropy-Inspired Effective Matter Sectors arXiv:2606.00178
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