On the matter of matter mcmonigal, lewis, obyrne pdf file. Initial motion key to ensuring a warp engine is in drive. Nasa reveals latest warpdrive ship designs iflscience. I added hyperlinks for purchase of star trek, star wars, and several other science fiction videos on my website homepage and sponsors webpage. The alcubierre drive, proposed by mexican physicist miguel alcubierre in 1994 and derived from the einsteins equation describing space and time formulation of the 4 dimensional spacetime fabric in the general theory of relativity. And so we arrive at the original intent of producing this. Conformal gravity and the alcubierre warp drive metric hindawi. Scientists are starting to take warp drives seriously. The canonical form of the alcubierre warp drive metric is considered to gain insight into the mathematical. A short video clip of the hypothetical effects of the warp drive. This warp drive engine is based on the theory when photons collide. If you have a constructive opinion, question, or would like to participate, please feel free to make first contact.
Reduced energy requirements for warp drive loup, waite. The following is a brief description of alcubierres warp drive proposal that discusses its similarity with the superfluid magnus effect warp drive. Each of these concepts can be identified with mathematical solutions to the equations of einsteins theory of general relativity the modern theory of gravity, in. Lectures on fasterthanlight travel and time travel abstract. Ever since the sound barrier was broken, people have turned their attention to how we can break the light speed barrier. On paper, it is a highly speculative, but possibly valid, solution of the einstein field equations, specifically how space, time and. The warp coils are typically enclosed in what the star trek writers. The idea came to white while he was considering a rather.
I updated the gravity warp drive supporting documents pdf file to be consistent with the changes made to the cited specific web pages. If a spaceship could be designed in such a way that it created a warp bubble, then the space in front of the ship would be compressed and the space behind would expand. Initial motion key to ensuring a warp engine is in drive not. The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a. Alcubierre is known for the proposed alcubierre drive, a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve fasterthanlight travel. Dust content solutions for the alcubierre warp drive spacetime.
An explanation of the alcubierrewhite warp drive youtube. Achieving warp factor 1 is equal to breaking the light barrier, while the actual velocity corresponding to higher factors is determined using an. Wo2001057881a1 technical and theoretical specifications for. Hyper fast interstellar travel within general relativity. According to this theory, the energy necessary to allow a spaceship in the size of about 100 m to carry out a warp drive is about several times the mass of the sun. The prospects for a realistic engineered warp drive are currently within the realms of scientific speculation. In the soviet union, cybernetic ideas were at first rejected as bourgeois science created to bring all science under capitalist control. At the quantum level conformal gravity, as well as other theories with higher derivatives, was thought to be affected by the. Archived from the original pdf on 27 june as a result, the alcubierre drive or metric remains in the category of theory at this time. Saying that nothing in the universe can travel faster than the speed of light is like. The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime h. A subsection of the general theory of relativity, which utilizes spacetime as a form of propulsion. By comparison, figure2 illustrates the more complex warp drive4 theory proposed by alcubierre.
Alcubierre see bibliography used, as the first mathematical example of a warp drive, the function. Davis2 15231 pilgrim oaks lane, league city, tx 77573, usa 2inst. Very brief look in to the theory and possibility of fabrication. Finally, this combined model will then be used to outline a theoretical framework for negative pressure an alternative to negative energy and a conceptual lab. New warp drive patent has emerged online unexplained mysteries. The canonical form of the metric was developed and published in 6 which provided key insight into the field potential and boost for the field which remedied a critical. However, unsurprisingly, this is all upon the theory, and under the current circumstances, the actual practical use of warp drive is still a long way off. Although alcubierre metric is a valid solution for einsteins equations of general relativity, his solution needs an energy field that has the expression like this. Standing room only crowd engages in students warp drive theory speech agnew recently provided a standing room only crowd at the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics aiaa propulsion and energy forum in indianapolis, ind. The pioneering paper by alcubierre has started a new field of research and in a. According to the theory, this realworld warp drive would work by stretching. The nasa research team has postulated that their findings could reduce the energy requirements for a spaceship moving at ten times the speed of light warp 2 from the massenergy equivalent of the planet jupiter to that of the voyager 1 spacecraft c. In theory, there exist another way in which warp drive might look, see section 4. Alcubierre warp drive faster than light propulsion.
If the theory is correct we may see a working prototype within 20 years. People like elon musk and jeff bezos who aspire to make us a spacefaring civilization are the stimuli needed to crack the code of warp drive. Using the adm formalism, woodward proposes that the physical interpretation of the wormhole term in his transient mass equation could be a way to expose the negative bare mass of the electron, in order to produce large quantities of exotic matter that could be used in a warp drive to propel a spacecraft or generate traversable wormholes. Warp drive allows for a starship to traverse deep space and travel to different star systems. The warp drive is a type of propulsion system capable of driving ships at speeds higher than the speed of light. Warp drive is the fastest type of propulsion that is equipped on a starship. Aug 16, 2019 american institute of aeronautics and astronautics 12700 sunrise valley drive, suite 200 reston, va 201915807 703. Curvature invariants for the alcubierre and natario warp drives mdpi.
Using a special kind of black hole, known as a wormhole a spacetime can be produced which can mimic the warp drive known as the krasnikov tube. May 12, 2020 a former nasa propulsion physicist has, he says, resolved a certain paradox in a hypothetical warp drive. But mit explains how our strangerthanfiction universe could. T hey present the topic in a very elementar y fashion, to wide n the p. Warp drive warp drive is the fastest type of propulsion that is equipped on a starship. The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime. A brief presentation on negative energy wormholes and warp drive free download as powerpoint presentation. According to general relativity, gravity and acceleration are not distinguishable and are caused by. Miguel alcubierre moya born march 28, 1964 is a mexican theoretical physicist. According to the theory, this realworld warp drive would work by stretching the fabric of spacetime in a wave, contracting the space in front of the ship and. Mar 11, 2021 in theory, it still is inside our universe, but one doesnt have to worry about any space debris which makes the warp drive a very desirable, and the ultimate type of space travel. May 06, 2018 in recent years, however, physicists have discovered two loopholes to einsteins ultimate speed limit. Sep 25, 2019 in laymans terms, the alcubierre drive achieves ftl travel by stretching the fabric of spacetime in a wave, causing the space ahead of it to contract while the space behind it expands. The theory is based on some of the exciting predictions coming out of string theory and it is the aim of this article to introduce the warp drive idea from a nonmathematical perspective that should be accessible to a wide range of readers.
After stalins death, however, in the late 1950s soviet. Pdf an examination of warp theory and technology to determine. This allows travel by warping spacetime to produce an independent warp drive system. The first problem, and maybe the biggest problem is pointed out by alcubierre himself. Wikimedia commons has media related to warp drive theory the main article for this category is warp drive. Sponsormonitors acronyms air force research laboratory afmc afrlprsp 11.
Because objects within the bubble are not moving locally faster than light, the mathematical formulation of the alcubierre metric is consistent with the conventional claims of the laws of relativity namely, that an object with mass cannot attain or exceed the. The warp drive metric proposed by alcubierre 1 satisfies both conditions, since it advances a geometrical construction characterized by a spacetime distortion, called warp bubble, such that a. The canonical form of the alcubierre warp drive metric is. Jan 09, 2020 media in category warp drive theory the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Figure1 illustrates the proposed superfluid magnus effect warp drive theory and figure3 illustrates the rotating massenergy system operating within the solar system. An examination of warp theory and technology to determine the. Both alcubierre and natario named their theories as warp drives due to the resemblance between their mathematical formalisms and the star. Warp drive research and potential for interstellar propulsion. The warp drive is powered by matterantimatter reactions, which are regulated by a substance called dilithium. The warp drive metrics, in a cartesian type coordinate chart are given by the line element x, y, and z are the components of a vector field defined in euclidean 3space. The warp drive velocity in star trek is generally expressed in warp factor units, whichaccording to star trek star fleet technical manualcorresponds to the magnitude of the warp field.
A spacecraft equipped with a warp drive may travel at speeds greater than that of light by many orders of magnitude. According to science fiction literature, such speeds are possible by a mechanism capable of generating a distortion in the spacetime such that it is folded, or warped. A warp drive is a theoretical superluminal spacecraft propulsion system in many science fiction works, most notably star trek and much of isaac asimovs work. Numbers edwards afb ca 935247680 afrlpredtr20030034 12. Warp drives, negative mass, exotic matter these all sound like the stuff of science fiction. This reaction creates highlyenergetic plasma known as electroplasma, a type of matter with its own magnetic field, which reacts with the starships warp coils. Gravity is described by the theory of general relativity. Certain kinds of hypothetical spacetimes called warp drives, which in a sense can be said to admit a kind of fasterthanlight inertialess and timedilationless travel, have been studied by some theoretical physicists since about 1990. The resulting distortion is reminiscent of the warp drive of science fic. An examination of warp theory and technology to determine.
In particular, the resulting warp drive does not require the use of exotic matter. This presentation was made for a high school physics class regarding an article that discusses negative energy wormholes and warp drive. Warp drive is possible through the use of matter and antimatter injection technology. In this spacetime model there is no special warping e. May 14, 2020 a nasa engineer has claimed that getting a running start would be the key to ensuring that a reallife, star trekstyle warp engine is in drive, and not reverse in albert einsteins theory of. Sep 05, 2000 the warp drive metric proposed by alcubierre 1 satisfies both conditions, since it advances a geometrical construction characterized by a spacetime distortion, called warp bubble, such that a. Pdf it is shown how, within the framework of general relativity and without the. Jan 14, 2020 technically, we are still a long way away from warp drive and interstellar travel, but with the advancement of technology and push toward innovation, the answers are closer than ever before. A brief presentation on negative energy wormholes and warp.
Heres another warp drive design brought to my attention. In theory, a spacecraft inside this wave would be able to ride this warp bubble and achieve velocities beyond the speed of light. The alcubierre drive uses a huge amount of energy to make a sort of foldlike pocket. Pdf an examination of warp theory and technology to. Jan 20, 2017 in physics, it is what is known as the alcubierre warp drive. The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a speculative warp drive idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre during his phd study at the university of wales, cardiff, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a. In contrast to some other fictitious fasterthanlight technologies such. The arguing theory states that when the object forms a warp bubble, high energy particles will accumulate as the. General relativity gr has been an extremely successful theory, with a well established experimental footing, at least for weak gravitational. The present invention relates to the use of technical drive systems, which operate by the modification of. This page discusses the theoretical physics behind the basic physics warp drive which may yield possible mechanisms for interstellar travel.
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