Published 2023 | Version v1
Journal article

Alcubierre warp drive in spherical coordinates with some matter configurations

  • 1. Astrum Drive Technologies, 13024 Dallas Pkwy Unit #120 B, Frisco, 75034, TX (United States)
  • 2. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Av. Los Ilustres, 1041-A, Caracas (Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of)
  • 3. Instituto Balseiro, Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (UNCUYO), 8400, Bariloche (Argentina)
  • 4. Technical University of Sofia, 1000, Sofia (Bulgaria)

Description

In this work we introduce the Alcubierre warp metric using spherical symmetry. In this way we write the Einstein equations for a perfect fluid and for an anisotropic fluid with cosmological constant. Analysing the energy conditions for both cases, we find that these cases are flexible enough to allow them to be satisfied. We also find that in the time-independent case of the warp bubble, the metric admits a timelike Killing vector and all the energy conditions are satisfied except for the strong energy condition. Moreover, in the time-independent case a barotropic equation of state known from cosmological models naturally arises.

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-11091-5

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
Journal Volume
83
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
1434-6052
CODEN
EPCFFB

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