Comment on “Source of black bounces in Rastall gravity”

Abstract

Abstract In Atazadeh and Hadi (JCAP 01 (2024) 067), the authors proposed that black bounce solutions, such as the Simpson-Visser and the Bardeen-type spacetimes, can be obtained from Rastall gravity. To achieve these spacetimes, the authors consider the presence of a phantom scalar field with nonlinear electrodynamics. However, in this comment, we obtained different electromagnetic Lagrangians from the original work. The most problematic issue is not the incorrect expression of the electromagnetic Lagrangian itself. We show that the method obtains electromagnetic functions that are inconsistent. To obtain the black bounce spacetimes as solutions of Rastall gravity, it is necessary to consider an isotropic fluid, combined with the nonlinear electrodynamics and the phantom scalar field.