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The Casimir effect is already a known way of creating (locally) negative energy. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_energy#Casimir_effect https://
by eightysixfour 5y ago
The Casimir effect is already a known way of creating (locally) negative energy. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_energy#Casimir_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_energy#Casimir_effect
- magicalhippo 5y agoI was under the impression the paper by Jaffe[1] showed the negative energy explanation[2] was not physical, but totally not my field. [1]: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503158v1 https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0503158v1 [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect#Relativistic_van_der_Waals_force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect#Relativistic_va...
- findalex 5y agoThis is what makes me think the warp drive is a no go here. The interactions between these surfaces are already described by QM without needing to appeal to negative energy.