Thin-shell wormholes supported by total normal matter

The Zipoy–Voorhees–Weyl (ZVW) spacetime characterized by mass ( M ) and oblateness ( δ ) is proposed in the construction of viable thin-shell wormholes (TSWs). A departure from spherical/cylindrical symmetry yields a positive total energy in spite of the fact that the local energy density may take negative values. We show that oblateness of the bumpy sources/black holes can be incorporated as a new degree of freedom that may play a role in the resolution of the exotic matter problem in TSWs. A small velocity perturbation reveals, however, that the resulting TSW is unstable.