Alcubierre warp drive in Bohmian Quantum Gravity
Abstract
In the realm of theoretical physics, the Alcubierre warp drive metric has long been a topic of fascination. However, the feasibility of this seemingly miraculous method of faster-than-light travel has been limited by the requirement of exotic matter, which has proven elusive to obtain. This research has revealed a potential breakthrough in the quest for exotic matter, through the coupling of the Alcubierre warp drive metric to a quantum mechanical scalar matter field. By mapping the requirement of exotic matter into a conformal wave equation, it becomes possible to express the problem as a fourth-order partial differential equation in terms of the quantum mechanical density. This research reveals that the key to solving the exotic matter problem lies in finding a proper quantum mechanical density that satisfies the proposed partial differential equation.
- Publication:
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Physica Scripta
- Pub Date:
- September 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1402-4896/aceb9e
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2205.02780
- Bibcode:
- 2023PhyS...98i5012J
- Keywords:
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- Alcubierre drive;
- warpdrive;
- Bohmian Quantum Gravity;
- Physics - General Physics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- Quantum Physics