The idea of close-up driving us over large areas of space faster than the speed of light has taken a huge interest in scientists and sci-fi fans alike. While we’re still a long way from jumping the limits of universal speed, that doesn’t mean we’ll never ride space-time waves forever.
Now a group of physicists have put together the first proposal for a close-knit physical enterprise, based on a concept designed back in the ’90s. And they say it should not break the laws of physics.
Theoretically, compact drivers bend and change the shape of space-time to see differences in time and distance that may, in some cases, see passengers moving over faster speeds than the speed of light. .
One of these conditions was described more than a quarter of a year ago by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre. It was proposed, in 1994, as a spaa power craft with something called an ‘Alcubierre drive’ could achieve this faster-than-light travel. The problem is that it requires a lot of negative energy in one place, something that is not possible according to the existing physics.
But the new study has a level of workmanship. According to researchers from the New York-based independent research group Applied Physics, it is possible to dig up negative energy fiction and drive close-ups, although that may be a little slower than before. like us.
“We went in a different direction than NASA and others and our research has shown that there are several other classes of close drives in a common relationship,” says astronaut Alexey Bobrick, of Lund University in Sweden.
“In particular, we have developed new classes of close-drive solutions that do not require negative energy and, therefore, physical growth.”
Why is negative energy so great? The need for negative energy gets around some of the common relationship problems in terms of faster travel than light, by allowing space to expand and contract faster than light, while at the same time maintaining its everything within its warping within the limits of universal distance.
Unfortunately, it introduces more problems for itself – in particular the negative energy we need exists only in quantum-scale variables. So that we can find a way to build a mass of solar size, this type of drive is not possible.
The new research works around this – according to the paper, negative energy would not be required, but a range of gravity would be extremely powerful. The gravity would make a heavy buildup of bending space-time so that time moving in and out of the compact drive machine would be different.
However, you will not be able to reserve tickets yet – the amount of mass required to make a noticeable gravitational effect on spaceflight would be at least at the planetary level, and there are still plenty of questions to be answered.
“If we take the mass of the entire planet on Earth and compact it into a 10-meter-long shell, the correction to the internal time frame is still very small, just about an hour a year,” Bobrick told New scientist.
One other interesting finding from the research relates to the shape of the compact boat: a wider, taller vessel will require less energy than a long and thin one. Consider keeping a plate straight thrown at the front of a wall first, and you have an idea of the best compact drive form.
Even though the reality of travel to distant stars and planets is still a long way off, the new study is the latest addition to a growing body of research that reveals that the principles of close-knit missions in terms of science.
The researchers admit that they are not yet sure how to put together the technology they have described in their paper, but at least more numbers are adding up now. They are confident that the campaign will come to fruition in the near future.
“While we still can’t break the speed of light, we don’t have to be an intersex species,” said Gianni Martire, one of the experts at the Applied Physics group behind the study. “Our close investigation has the potential to unite us all.”
The research was published in Classical and Quantum Gravity.