THE WARP DRIVE - HYPER-FAST TRAVEL WITHIN GENERAL-RELATIVITY

被引：287

作者：

ALCUBIERRE, M

机构：

[1] Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, Cardiff CF1 3YB

来源：

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY | 1994年 / 11卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1088/0264-9381/11/5/001

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

It is shown how, within the framework of general relativity and without the introduction of wormholes, it is possible to modify a spacetime in a way that allows a spaceship to travel with an arbitrarily large speed. By a purely local expansion of spacetime behind the spaceship and an opposite contraction in front of it, motion faster than the speed of light as seen by observers outside the disturbed region is possible. The resulting distortion is reminiscent of the 'warp drive' of science fiction. However, just as happens with wormholes, exotic matter will be needed in order to generate a distortion of spacetime like the one discussed here.

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页码：L73 / L77

页数：5