C-0012 Verified MODERATE certainty
Van Den Broeck's own follow-up concludes that superluminal warp bubbles are unlikely within general relativity plus quantum field theory, while stating that SUBLUMINAL bubbles remain an open possibility and that microscopic ones might even occur naturally.
Standing peer reviewed contested · interpretation · TRL 1 Assumes the modified metric ds^2 = -dt^2 + B^2(r_s)[(dx - v_s f dt)^2 + dy^2 + dz^2], which is NOT the Alcubierre metric; a bubble whose exterior surface area is microscopic while the interior spatial volume is macroscopic; classical general relativity plus the Ford-Roman quantum inequality as the author applies it Stops applying the constructions S-0011 actually reviews: the original Alcubierre geometry and its immediate modifications; the follow-up's verdict is about superluminal bubbles in GR+QFT generally, but its computations are Alcubierre-based Note Notable because it is the author of the largest energy reduction saying where he thinks the remaining possibility lies, in the same year.
What it rests on
E-0020 · S-0011 — On the (im)possibility of warp bubbles · direct
…ium 4cm Abstract Various objections against Alcubierre's warp drive geometry are reviewed. Superluminal warp bubbles seem an unlikely possibility within the framework of general relativity and quantum field theory, although subluminal bubbles may still be possible . width 5cm 2mm ^ast vdbroeck@starlab.net Introduction Since Alcubierre published his 'war…
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E-0021 · S-0011 — On the (im)possibility of warp bubbles · direct
…gth, and naked singularities. We have limited the discussion to superluminal warp bubbles. Subluminal bubbles are still an open possibility, and it is not inconceivable that microscopic ones might even occur naturally . Due to the absence of horizons, potential problems due to diverging vacuum fluctuations …
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Attacks run against it
X-0020 SURVIVED span overreach · by redteam
Independent auditor read S-0011 in full, re-found E-0020/E-0021 at their offsets, and audited for hedge cherry-picking: the intro independently states the negative verdict without 'seem' (offset 986), local hedges are subsidiary, and the authorship/date premise checks mechanically (gr-qc/9905084 May 1999, gr-qc/9906050 June 1999, same author). Residual accepted and applied: the regime mis-scoped the source — S-0011's central analysis is performed on the ORIGINAL Alcubierre metric, not the B^2-modified one — fixed by update_field.