On a Class of Harko-Kovacs-Lobo Wormholes

The Harko, Kovacs, and Lobo wormhole (HKLWH) metric contains two free parameters: one is the wormhole throat r(0), and the other is a dimensionless deviation parameter gamma with values 0 < gamma < 1, the latter ensuring the needed violation of the null energy condition at the throat. In this paper, we study the energetics of the HKLWH and the influence of gamma on the tidal forces in the Lorentz-boosted frame. Finally, we apply a new concept, namely, the probabilistic identity of the object observed by different external observers in terms of the Fresnel coefficients derived by Tangherlini. The intriguing result is that observations can differ depending on the location of the observer, i.e., there is a nonzero probability that the HKLWH will be identified as a black hole even when gamma not equal 0.