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Obstacles from interstellar matters and distortion in warp drive superluminal travel scenario

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-10-19 v2

Abstract

We investigate obstacles of superluminal "warp drive" travels from interactions with interstellar matter and from curvature effects. The effect of collision of interstellar dust particles and photons with the spacecraft will all lead to a pressure proportional to the apparent velocity of the spaceship vsv_s. The force exerted on the spacecraft from the curvature effect has two non-trivial components. The radial and longitudinal components scales as vs2v_s^2 and vs4v_s^4 respectively. The above obstacles become increasingly important when the spaceship travels at high superluminal speeds.

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@article{arxiv.2201.06371,
  title  = {Obstacles from interstellar matters and distortion in warp drive superluminal travel scenario},
  author = {Siyu Bian and Yi Wang and Zun Wang and Mian Zhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.06371},
  year   = {2022}
}