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From 2021? Stick it into Google Scholar. 26 citations. Abstract from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.03079.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.03079.pdf from Feb. 2022:
by eesmith 4y ago
From 2021? Stick it into Google Scholar. 26 citations.
Abstract from https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.03079.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.03079.pdf from Feb. 2022:
> Three recent articles have claimed that it is possible to, at least in theory,
either set up positive energy warp drives satisfying the weak energy condition (WEC), or
at the very least, to minimize the WEC violations. These claims are at best incomplete,
since the arguments as presented only assert but do not prove the existence of one
set of timelike observers, the co-moving Eulerian observers, who see relatively “nice”
physics. While these particular observers might arguably see a positive energy density,
the WEC requires all timelike observers to see positive energy density. Therefore, one
should carefully revisit this issue. A more careful analysis shows that the situation
is actually much grimmer than advertised — within the framework adopted by those
three papers all physically reasonable warp drives will certainly violate the WEC, and
both the strong and dominant energy conditions. Under plausible subsidiary conditions
the null energy condition is also violated. While warp drives are certainly interesting
examples of speculative physics, the violation of the energy conditions, at least within
the framework of standard general relativity, is unavoidable. Even in modified gravity,
physically reasonable warp drives will still violate the purely geometrical null convergence
condition and the timelike convergence condition which, in turn, will place very strong
constraints on any modified-gravity warp drive.
From https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.15950.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2205.15950.pdf from May 2022:
> Specifically, this last year has seen multiple misguided claims [22–24, 28–33] as to the
asserted possible avoidance/amelioration of the known energy condition violations
in warp drive spacetimes; violations that were first firmly established over 20 years
ago.
This paper is in those "multiple misguided claims".
- danboarder 4y agoThanks, I updated the title to reflect publication in (2021).