Wormholes, warp drives and energy conditions

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-55182-1zbMATH Open1435.85002arXiv2103.05610OpenAlexW2616573312MaRDI QIDQ526381FDOQ526381

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Publication date: 17 May 2017

Published in: Fundamental Theories of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: "Warp drive" spacetimes and wormhole geometries are useful as "gedanken-experiments" that force us to confront the foundations of general relativity, and among other issues, to precisely formulate the notion of "superluminal" travel and communication. Here we will consider the basic definition and properties of warp drive spacetimes. In particular, we will discuss the violation of the energy conditions associated with these spacetimes, as well as some other interesting properties such as the appearance of horizons for the superluminal case, and the possibility of using a warp drive to create closed timelike curves. Furthermore, due to the horizon problem, an observer in a spaceship cannot create nor control on demand a warp bubble. To contour this difficulty, we discuss a metric introduced by Krasnikov, which also possesses the interesting property in that the time for a round trip, as measured by clocks at the starting point, can be made arbitrarily short.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.05610

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest (00B15) Physics (00A79) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-06)

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