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As a non physicist, the first question sounded like yes there is an ability to adjust speed if you can adjust the energy density distribution. I didn’t see an a
by gfodor 5y ago
As a non physicist, the first question sounded like yes there is an ability to adjust speed if you can adjust the energy density distribution. I didn’t see an answer on the second beyond that the energy density required at the center is zero which leaves hope for a place to put a vehicle there at least, your question of flat space aside.
Curious if I read this right tho.
- T-A 5y agoFrom p. 12: This could serve as a method of generating acceleration without modifying the total energy on the hypersurface. One could start with a finite energy distribution highly concentrated and uniformly distributed in a spherical shell around a spacecraft. The energy density is then increased behind the spacecraft and decreased in front, without destroying or creating any additional energy. This increases the shift vector magnitude in the region where the spacecraft is located, transporting it to non-zero speeds relative to faraway observers. If the energy density is sufficiently concentrated behind the central observer, the relative speed becomes superluminal. This then operates as a tuneable solitonic configuration capable of superluminal speeds.