The warp coils are typically enclosed in what the star trek writers. I say almost to hedge my bets, but i dont expect to make a retraction any time soon. The results of a nasa test into warp drive technology have been leaked onto the internet and apparently show it is possible. Youll need to learn a great deal regarding plasma physics, torsion field physics and unified field theory.
Humanity may not need a warp drive to go interstellar. The useable range of pitch on the warp drive propeller is between a minimum of 6 degrees and a maximum of 20 degrees at the tip of the blade. The central accumulator is the power source, as otis carr said, having layers and lattice within, similar to a power cell. This happens thanks to a propulsion system known as warp drive. Basic to the study of general relativity is the concept of spacetime curvature embodied by the following statement, matterenergy tells spacetime how to curve and spacetime tells matterenergy how to move. Whilst they do not claim this is the best or only way to make a working warp drive an engineering possibility, at least they are attempting to find a way to get around the negative energy limitations of the alcubierre warp drive theory, as reported by stefano finazzi and his colleagues. Thinking of trying out your newlyinstalled ftl3000 alcubierre warp drive to get you there in no time. However, in theory, some version of this propulsion system could be created from the ideagiven enough time, money, and materials. Warp drives probably impossible after all universe today. Wormholes, warp drives and energy conditions springerlink. The concept was first proposed by mexican physicist miguel alcubierre.
Pdf the prospects for a realistic engineered warp drive are currently. Building a warp drive engine aliens above, ghosts below. Because objects within the bubble are not moving locally faster than light, the mathematical. Warp drive more possible than thought, scientists say space.
By means of a warp drive that generates a warp bubble around the spaceship, the traveler can cover thousands of light years in a few hours. The goal of this chapter is to let the reader explore the underlying physics behind warp drives, as well as to begin to grasp its great di. New calculations suggest such a vehicle would require less energy than once thought. Every star trek fan knows how to travel faster than the speed of light. An examination of warp theory and technology to determine.
Hyperfast travel within general relativity article pdf available in classical and quantum gravity 115 september 2000 with 5,317 reads how we measure reads. It sounds sciencefictiony, and it iswarp drive doesnt actually exist. Lewis, and philip obyrne sydney institute for astronomy, school of physics, a28, the university of sydney, nsw 2006, australia dated. We present an analysis of the classic alcubierre metric based on conformal gravity, rather than standard general relativity. In contrast to some other fictitious fasterthanlight technologies such as a jump drive, the warp drive does not permit. The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable energydensity field lower than that of vacuum that is.
A spacecraft equipped with a warp drive may travel at speeds greater than that of light by many orders of magnitude. 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. Nasa has quietly, and successfully, tested an electromagnetic em drive in a spacelike vacuum. Afrlpredtr20040024 advanced propulsion study eric w. The resulting distortion is reminiscent of the warp drive of science fic. Faster than light travel may actually be possible using a warp drive to bend space around a starship. The principle of traveling by warp drive is that a warp bubble is moved forward by creating such. Click on either the image to the left or the hyperlink, above, to obtain the nuclear gravitation field theory ebook. Its exterior shell is either wrapped in a coil, or is otherwise made of magnetic material, and magnetized into a central magnet with which. A ringshaped warp drive device could transport a footballshape starship center to effective speeds faster than light.
Dc motor, with ac flyback regenerative negative energy aspects because this is the theory involved in warping time in a warp drive. Cardiff cfi 3yb, uk received 19 january 1994, in final form 24 february 1994 abstract it is shown how, within the framework of general relativity and. He attempts to perturb the geometry of the warp bubble i. If you dont like it, use your dc architecture, and just at least show a video of the engine spinning, please, so others can believe it. 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. Humanitys most plausible warp drive theory might be better at blowing up stars than getting us from point a to point b. If the theory is correct we may see a working prototype within 20 years. An examination of warp theory and technology to determine the state of the art and feasibility. Part of the fundamental theories of physics book series ftph, volume 189. February 28, 2012 the alcubierre warp drive allows a spaceship to travel at an arbitrarily large global velocity by.
Harold sonny white nasa johnson space center 2101 nasa parkway, mc ep4 houston, tx 77058 email. The space ship continually creates a negative warp attractive wave trough in front of the ship using massenergy and a positive repulsive wave crest warp behind the ship using negative massenergy. Pdf it is shown how, within the framework of general relativity and without the introduction of wormholes, it is possible to modify a. A very strong background in electronics and mechanical engineering is also a requirement here. The present invention relates to the use of technical drive systems, which operate by the modification of gravitational fields. Although einsteins theory forbids matter to accelerate past the speed of light, the demands of scifi storytelling. Las vegas, nv 89120 september 2004 special report approved for public release. The actual pitch of the propeller will be determined by the design speed of. Sebastian fiedlschuster pdf in this essay, the basic ideas behind a superluminal propulsion system, which is based on directed spacetime distortions and, therefore, is called\warp drive, are introduced. This has led to a better definition of the problem using the mathematical tools of general relativity and quantum field theory. Printed in the uk letter to the editor the warp drive. On paper, it is a highly speculative, but possibly valid, solution of the einstein field equations, specifically how space, time and. Heres another warp drive design brought to my attention. This warp drive engine is based on the theory when photons collide.
The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a. Pdf an examination of warp theory and technology to determine. Is the alcubierrefroning drive a legitimate possibility. Warp drives probably impossible after all caption just when i was getting excited about the possibility of travelling to distant worlds, scientists have uncovered a deep flaw with fasterthan. Wo2001057881a1 technical and theoretical specifications. This also includes effects like the casimir effect and different energy conditions. This allows travel by warping spacetime to produce an independent warp drive system. Some are calling the propulsion system a warp drive for its incredible potential speeds, although researchers say it falls short of fasterthanlight travel. Department of physics and astronomy, university of wales, college of cardi. Inspired by gene roddenberrys star trek, physicist miguel alcubierre set out to transform one of the cornerstones of science fiction iconography, the warp drive, into reality. Nasa tests warp drive in vacuum, breaks laws of physics. Abstract it is shown how, within the framework of general relativity and without the intro.
These drive systems do not depend on the emission of matter to create thrust but create a change in the curvature of spacetime, in accordance with general relativity. In this project, we propose that a utilization of optimization techniques will provide the appropriate geometry of the warp bubble. It is known that general relativity is a theory that universalizes and generalizes special relativity, and. However, just as it happens with wormholes, exotic matter will be needed in order to generate a distortion of spacetime like the one discussed here. Particularly summarizing the paper called the warp drive. Einsteins general relativity theory say that faster. The warp drive is a type of propulsion system capable of driving ships at speeds.
A visual aid to reducing required energy densities for a warp bubble. Click on either the image to the left or the hyperlink, above, to obtain the gravity warp drive supporting documents ebook. This page discusses the theoretical physics behind the basic physics warp drive which may yield possible mechanisms for interstellar travel. If you have a constructive opinion, question, or would like to participate, please feel free to make first contact. While it may be possible to reduce the size of many of the components, that. Regarding the construction and reproduction of the otcx1 ill share this one last time, all in one place to make it easy to find. This reaction creates highlyenergetic plasma known as electroplasma, a type of matter with its own magnetic field, which reacts with the starships warp coils. 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. This warp field, which in theory can be created with a ring of exotic matter wrapped around a football shaped spaceship, will create a region of. I borrowed someones computer for the weekend so i can explain generalspecial relativity, the spacetime continuum, etc. Miguel alcubierre found a spacetime metric that not only does this job but is also consistent with einsteins general theory of. The main characteristics of the resulting warp drive remain the same as in the original study by alcubierre, that is, effective superluminal motion is a viable outcome of the metric. The resulting distortion is reminiscent of the warp drive of science.
Pdf an examination of warp theory and technology to. Ever since the sound barrier was broken, people have turned their attention to how we can break the light speed barrier. Classical and quantum gravity letter to the editor. The original author of the warp drive metric, miguel alcubierre, is a huge star trek fan w. The promise and the problems of warp drives are examined in three parts. While summarizing the paper we will focus on the key aspects.
General relativity and warp drive theory this relativistic warp drive theory uses the concept of a warp bubble to avoid violating the universal speed limitation which is the speed of light, c. The alcubierre warp drive wolfram demonstrations project. The space ship is being continually pushed and pulled in effect riding a spacetime warp wave. In physics, it is what is known as the alcubierre warp drive. The warp drive machined aluminum center hub is easily assembled and allows the user to infinitely adjust the pitch of the blades. Warp drive theory has gone from scifi to theoretical physics with the use of general relativity and special relativity first then building on this with other fields like quantum theory and string theory or mtheory past the eleventh dimension in some theories up to 26 dimensions. Conformal gravity and the alcubierre warp drive metric.
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