No warp drive

被引:6
作者
Coule, DH [1 ]
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[1] Univ Portsmouth, Sch Math Sci, Portsmouth PO1 2EG, Hants, England
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10.1088/0264-9381/15/8/026
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The warp drive spacetime of Alcubierre is impossible to set up without first being able to distribute matter at tachyonic speed, put roughly, you need one to make one! However, over small distances, where the energy conditions possibly can be violated, one can envision opening the light-cones to increase the apparent speed of light.
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