Alcubierre will be explaining his theory of a way to make warp drive possible. Miguel alcubierre was born in 1964 in mexico city, distrito federal, mexico as miguel alcubierre moya. Inspired by star trek, distinguished physicist miguel alcubierre developed the general relativitybased model for warp drive 20 years ago. Dan litov, flux liner, frame dragging, ftl propulsion, fx model company, genereal hans kammler, john eblan, larry brooks, lockheed skunk works, magnetoplasma propulsion system, mark mccandlish, mark mccandlish alien reproduction vehicle, miguel alcubierre, miguel. The alcubierre warp field as described by miguel alcubierre would help us surpass the speed of light many times which means that if we had a ship that could go 10 times the speed of light, it. The 1975 star trek star fleet technical manual suggests that the essential. Alcubierre warp drive is an idea proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre. The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable. The alcubierre warp field and anti matter 2020 youtube. An explanation of the alcubierrewhite warp drive asteronx. Harold sonny white nasa johnson space center 2101 nasa parkway, mc ep4 houston, tx 77058 email. An explanation of the alcubierrefroning warp drive part ii.
In 1994 miguel alcubierre came up with the space warp concept, in which he proposed a method in theory to cause the fabric of space ahead of a spacecraft to contract and the space behind it to expand. Government warp drive research borders on impossible. February 28, 2012 the alcubierre warp drive allows a spaceship to travel at an arbitrarily large global velocity by. The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime h. Hyper fast interstellar travel within general relativity. Davis2 15231 pilgrim oaks lane, league city, tx 77573, usa 2inst. Miguel alcubierre moya born march 28, 1964 is a mexican theoretical physicist. Miguel alcubierre proposed the predominant method which involves contracting the space in front and expanding the space behind the ship alcubierre 6. Sep 05, 2000 particularly summarizing the paper called the warp drive.
Miguel alcubierre lahir 1964 merupakan seorang fisikawan berkebangsaan meksiko. Miguel alcubierre scientists wiki fandom powered by wikia. Alcubierre is known for the proposed alcubierre drive, a speculative warp drive by which a spacecraft could achieve fasterthanlight travel. So thank you all for watching, liking, and enjoying what. Jan 19, 2017 in 1994, mexican physicist miguel alcubierre proposed a way to travel faster than light without violating the laws of relativity, and attempts to make it work are ongoing. Alcubierre miguel science wiki fandom powered by wikia. On paper, it is a highly speculative, but possibly valid, solution of the einstein field equations, specifically how space, time and. Avi loeb was the first guest we emailed and recorded with and the first episode of event horizon. In 1994, mexican physicist miguel alcubierre proposed a way to travel faster than light without violating the laws of relativity, and attempts to make it work are ongoing. Gutierrez is a neurologist in mcallen, texas and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including doctors hospital at renaissance and rio grande regional hospital. Miguel alcubierre department of physics and astronomy, university of wales. In physics, it is what is known as the alcubierre warp drive. Born in mexico city, he moved to wales in 1990 to attend graduate school at the university of wales, cardiff, uk. Media in category miguel alcubierre the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
Born in mexico city, he moved to wales in 1990 to attend graduate school at theuniversity of wales, cardiff, uk he received his ph. Almost forty years later two mathematicians miguel alcubierre and jose natario discovered that the warp drive as concept of a dynamical. Miguel alcubierre was inspired by star trek the next generations example of warp drive faster than light technology on the starship enterprise. Miguel alcubierre, juan barranco, argelia bernal, juan carlos degollado, alberto dieztejedor, miguel megevand, dario nunez, olivier sarbach. The alcubierre metric, also known as the alcubierre drive or warp drive, is a speculative mathematical model of a spacetime exhibiting some features reminiscent of the fictional faster than the speed of light warp drive from star trek. Carroll also says the concept of a warp drive is not crackpot miguel alcubierre, a mexican theoretical physicist, invented the concept in 1994. The alcubierre warp drive is an idea for achieving fasterthanlight travel suggested by the mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre. Lewis, and philip obyrne sydney institute for astronomy, school of physics, a28, the university of sydney, nsw 2006, australia dated.
Throne about an year and a half ago and i had never imagined that a movie will be made on the book and that it will be directed by the legend himself. This isnt asking about how the science behind the alcubierre drive works except as needed for other parts of an answer. The alcubierre drive is often called a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity, but this is inaccurate. Do you ever marvel at how much the science fiction from past decades is beginning to look less like fiction, and more like reality. This week also marks the unofficial one year anniversary of the creation of the show. Analagous to the calculations for the schwarzschild metric, we can likewise express miguels line metric in matrix form. The quantum drive is the main propulsion system of planetary union spaceships, including the uss orville the unions quantum drive technology is a realized form of an alcubierre warp drive, which compresses in front and expands space in the back, creating folds in the fabric of space that a ship simply flies through. He studied physics at the faculty of sciences of the national autonomous university of mexico unam, later in 1994 he earned his doctorate at the university of cardiff and for a while he worked at the max planck institute for gravitational physics in potsdam, germany, where he developed new mathematics techniques to describe the physics of. He thoroughly explained the procedure and was up front about the recovery period and what to expect while healing. Nasa researchers recently revisited the alcubierre warp drive and concluded that its power requirements were not as impossible as once. Department of physics and astronomy, university of wales, college of cardi. A ship would ride inside this region characterized as a local space warp bubble of flat space. An explanation of the alcubierrefroning warp drive part.
The quantum drive is the main propulsion system of planetary union spaceships, including the uss orville. He followed up with a phone call the evening of the procedure and again a few days into healing. While summarizing the paper we will focus on the key aspects. To appear as a letter in classical and quantum gravity.
The alcubierre drive or alcubierre warp drive or alcubierre metric, referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable energydensity field lower than that of vacuum that is. The unions quantum drive technology is a realized form of an alcubierre warp drive, which compresses in front and expands space in the back, creating folds in the fabric of space that a ship simply flies through. In 1994, miguel alcubierre published a speculative paper on a possible solution to the. Mar 21, 2020 the alcubierre warp drive is an idea for achieving fasterthanlight travel suggested by the mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre. Feb 16, 2017 a simple explanation of how a real warp drive could work asteronx in this video we discuss how warp drives work. Miguel alcubierre moya born 1964 is a mexican theoretical physicist. Miguel alcubierre is a mexican theoretical physicist. The alcubierre drive or alcubierre warp drive or alcubierre metric, referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable. The alcubierre drive or alcubierre warp drive or alcubierre metric, referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable energydensity field lower than that of vacuum that. Recently, miguel alcubierre proposed a metric 4, fondly called the warp drive, in which a spaceship could travel to a star a distance d away. A simple explanation of how a real warp drive could work asteronx in this video we discuss how warp drives work.
The alcubierre warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime. Propulsao alcubierre wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Miguel alcubierre viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure. The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable energydensity field lower. Jose natario proposed another method involving sliding space rather than squeezing and pushing it natario 1. This column was written and submitted 41596 and is ed 1996 by john g.
The alcubierre drive, alcubierre warp drive, or alcubierre metric referring to metric tensor is a speculative idea based on a solution of einsteins field equations in general relativity as proposed by theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre, by which a spacecraft. The resulting distortion is reminiscent of the warp drive of science fic tion. Aug 12, 2019 the alcubierre warp drive is an idea for achieving fasterthanlight travel suggested by the mexican theoretical physicist miguel alcubierre. Rather, it is about whether and how an alcubierre drive can work in a hardscience level fiction work. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. He is known for his work on the universe 2007, through the wormhole 2010 and how william shatner changed the world 2005. After leaving wales in 1996, he worked for a time at the max planck institute for gravitational physics in potsdam, germany, where he developed new.
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