Warp drive with zero expansion

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/6/308MaRDI QIDQ4532782zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors José Natário

Publication date 5 June 2002

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0110086

zbMATH Keywords

effective superluminal travelnegative energy densitieswarp-drive spacetimes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

Abstract: It is commonly believed that Alcubierre's warp drive works by contracting space in front of the warp bubble and expanding space behind it. We show that this expansion/contraction is but a marginal consequence of the choice made by Alcubierre, and explicitly construct a similar spacetime where no contraction/expansion occurs. Global and optical properties of warp drive spacetimes are also discussed.

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