Pdf a new alternative assertion in warp field theory is introduced based on a newly formulated spacetime metric or line. Jan 20, 2017 in physics, it is what is known as the alcubierre warp drive. The coils generate an intense, multilayered field that surrounds the starship, and it is the manipulation of the shape of this field that produces the propulsive effect, the technical manual says. Cellulosic experiments a field guide to needlework. White and colleagues are looking to practically prove the concept of warp drive by lab experiments. A detailed breakdown of an alcubierre warp drive coil. Field experiments design analysis and interpretation. 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 could achieve apparent fasterthanlight travel if a configurable energydensity field lower than that of vacuum that is. The theoretical engine works by creating an intense magnetic field that, according to ideas first developed by the late scientist burkhard heim in the 1950s, would produce a gravitational field and result in thrust for a spacecraft. Sep 17, 2012 faster than light travel may actually be possible using a warp drive to bend space around a starship. The ultimate goal is to prove or disprove the possibility of spacetime metric engineering with reasonable amounts of energy. Aug 16, 2014 the whitejuday warp field interferometer wjwfi, which is a modified, seismicallyisolated fabryperot interferometer, has been developed to detect spacetime distortions created by a 106 vm1 static electric field.
The whitejuday warp field interferometer wjwfi, which is a modified, seismicallyisolated fabryperot interferometer, has been developed. This book aims to help researchers and evaluators plan and manage their field experiments so they can avoid common pitfalls. Gerber and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The technology to build such a device is not possible currently, but is within our grasp. Lance williams, rise of the scalar field, and its implications for interstellar travel sonny white warp update. A spacecraft equipped with a warp drive may travel at velocities greater than that of light by many orders of magnitude, whilst circumventing the relativistic problem of time dilation. Nasa discusses its warp drive research, prepares to create. It provides an illustrated overview of the history and development of black hole theory, from its roots in newtonian mechanics until the early 1990s.
Now note that the sputnik article references the one from mysterious univese, and that mysterious universe references the observation is being made by commentators on the story. A detailed breakdown of an alcubierre warp drive coil youtube. As the name suggests, a field study is an experiment performed outside the laboratory, in the real world. The research experience can be challenging and at times hard to predict. The inability of the whitejuday warp field interferometer to spectrallyresolve spacetime distortions, accessed january 2017 claims that the whitejuday warp field interferometer is incapable of detecting any spacetime distortions from the nasa groups electrically charged plate. We feel that we have collectively learnt an enormous amount from this literature, both in terms of how to conduct and analyze experiments, but also about the methodological contributions 1. Participation requires little prior statistical, and no experimental knowledge. Seven appendices present some of the mathematics, including the basic algebra of special relativity and an outline of hawkings exotic matter theorem.
The topics covered in this book from space drive to gravity shields. Warp field experiments are a series of current and proposed experiments to create and detect instances of spacetime warping. It is almost too beautiful to use as the author intended, as a true workbook to be painted and experimented in. Field experiments design analysis and interpretation abebooks. He says that an exchange program with the ets occurred in the 1970s, which, resulted in the acquisition of nine ufos so that their technologies could be researched.
Harold sonny white nasa johnson space center 2101 nasa parkway, mc ep4 houston, tx 77058 email. It is not necessary to activate a warpdrive to enter the warp in this manner, although any vessel not equipped with a gellar field would be. Handbook of field experiments provides tactics on how to conduct experimental research, also presenting a comprehensive catalog on new results from research and areas that remain to be explored. Figure7 represents the metricshape function, fr s also called the top hat function. The vulcan vessel is stream lined to spread the field in warpfield dynamics sort of like aeronomics of the warp ship. The obvious appeal of field methods is the development of locationspecific knowledge. If such a warp is detected, it is hoped that more research into creating an alcubierre warp bubble will be inspired. Using conventional warp drive theory, for example as proposed by dr. New calculations suggest such a vehicle would require less energy than once thought. It addresses the most important research topics in agriculture, including agronomy, breeding and pasture trials. Posts on, a website devoted to the engineering side of space news, say that nasa has a tool to measure variances in the pathtime of light. The idea of a warp drive in higher dimensional spacetime manifold will then be briefly considered by comparing the nulllike geodesics of the alcubierre metric.
The experiments are taking place at national aeronautics and space administrations advanced propulsion physics laboratory eagleworks at the johnson space center. The teleportation physics study is divided into four phases. Since then it has captured the attention of many sciencefiction writers. Field experiments entail in situ characterization of sediment mobilization using tracers e. In physics, it is what is known as the alcubierre warp drive. A research team led by harold sonny white in collaboration with dr. Just pop back in the timestream and stop it before it. Sonny white is building on work by a miguel alcubierre who estimated that it would be possible to achieve this if an object had negative mass. A star trek fan and biologist submitted an article based on reaching warp 10 to predatory science journals, one of which ultimately published it. Einsteins outrageous legacy is a 1994 popular science book by physicist kip thorne. This chapter explains why field experiments are a reliable way to reveal and to prove that a business action results in a desired outcome and.
Hyperfast travel within general relativity was written by miguel alcubierre. Warp drive was a technology that allowed space travel at fasterthanlight speeds. Wormholes, warp drives and energy conditions francisco s. The topics covered in this book from space drive to gravity shields will sound.
The large hadron collider created a time warp that sent a passenger jet thousands of miles off course in the blink of an eye and caused a massive power black out, it. Warp field geometry is primarily about three things. The whitejuday warp field interferometer is an experiment designed to detect a microscopic instance of a warping of spacetime. Use the qthruster physics models to guide design of rf frequency test devices to be evaluated in the warp field interferometer, the fabryperot. This gorgeous and informative book is soon to be a bible for every painter. Phase ii developed a textbook description of teleportation as it occurs in classical physics, explored its.
Field experiments pose unique challenges and opportunities for the researcher and evaluator which come from working in the field. The book includes several projects for weaving on cardboard looms including the rag doll warrior you see here, and i thought pulled warp would be interesting and unexpected the turtle was adorable, unfortunately, it. Warpfield experiments are a series of current and proposed experiments to create and detect instances of spacetime warping. Were showcasing projects here, along with helpful tools and resources, to inspire others to create new experiments. The warp drive metrics, in a cartesian type coordinate chart are given by the line element x, y, and z are the components of a vector field defined in euclidean 3space. Nov 24, 2019 the general concept of the warp drive was first introduced by john w. Since 2009, coders have created thousands of amazing experiments using chrome, android, ai, webvr, ar and more. Handbook of field experiments, volume 2 1st edition. Some of the other fictions in which warp drive technology is featured. Visualisation of york time, a measurement of spacetime curvature as induced by the alcubierre. It worked by generating warp fields to form a subspace bubble that enveloped the starship, distorting the local spacetime continuum and moving the starship at velocities that could greatly exceed the speed of light. Faster than light travel may actually be possible using a warp drive to bend space around a starship. The idea of an optimized space warp needs negative vacuum energy, and large d dt both of these conditions are present in the qthruster technology also being explored in the lab.
This text provides statistical and biometrical procedures for designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting field experiments. Method and apparatus for generating a secondary gravitational force field e book. Harold harold sonny white born october 6, 1965, american. Toloran writes although a staple of scifi space travel, it is often deemed to be just that. If in a book or tv show, like star trek for instance, things like teleportation, time travel or faster than light speeds are explained and applied in. Richard juday at the nasa johnson space center and dakota state university are. A warp portal is a point in space where the warp and realspace interface, forming a stable entrance into, and exit from, the warp.
Click on either the image to the left or the hyperlink, above, to obtain the gravity warp drive supporting documents ebook. This updated addition to the series includes an entire chapters on field experiments, the politics and practice of social experiments, the methodology and practice of rcts, and the econometrics of. Purchase handbook of field experiments, volume 1 1st edition. Mathcad results for the relativistic analysis of the alcubierre faster than light warp metric is illustrated in the above contour plots. What this means is that in the inner hull space, the top part of the laux4 is charged positive, and the. My experience is that this is much more important than analysing the results at least if you conduct smallscale experiments. These metrics have been studied mainly just for fun although they reveal some interesting properties of the field equations since 1994 and many of the references may be found at the end of the article. Bob lazar worked at area 51 or groom lake back in the late 1980s on a backengineering program that he claims began there in 1979. On paper, it is a highly speculative, but possibly valid, solution of the einstein field equations, specifically how space, time and.
Alcubierre see bibliography used, as the first mathematical example of a warp drive, the function. Dec 26, 2014 the whitejuday warp field interferometer wjwfi, which is a modified, seismicallyisolated fabryperot interferometer, has been developed to detect spacetime distortions created by a 106 vm1 static electric field. My experience is that this is much more important than analysing the results. From the updated section on the construction page regarding electrogravity under the picture of the b2 stealth bomber, and from the article below this one, based on townsend browns patent on electrogravity, dynamic charge over the hull surface is the motive force that drives the craft. Design, analysis, and interpretation gerber, alan s. Pulled warp is something i messed around with back in about 2003 when i was developing projects for my book kids weaving. Warp drive more possible than thought, scientists say space. Paper suggests nasa warping space time experiments needs. Bielek also says that on august 12 every 20 years, the magnetic field of the earth reaches a peak and allows the synchronization between the tesla coils. Sep 08, 2017 in 1994, a paper entitled the warp drive. Late last year, it emerged that a small team of nasa researchers were working on warp drive technology in the lab. The idea of this, is to set into motion an inertia of negative mass energy negative electrical energy, which would either act in reaction, or as reactionless physics, to give the craft speed and propulsion, due to the negative mass warp bubble field giving the craft no inertia, or negative inertia. Pdf warp field mechanics as described by the vbgap metric and.
White and colleagues are looking to practically prove the concept of warpdrive by lab experiments. The interaction between these layers of warp fields also have the happy effect of changing the gravitational constant of the shipthis is the. Purchase handbook of field experiments, volume 2 1st edition. Advanced studies at austin and the ceo of warp drive metrics to get.
This article describes the physics and mathematics behind a class of solutions to the einstein field equations known as the warp drive metrics. Method and apparatus for generating a secondary gravitational force field ebook. Aug 21, 2018 using conventional warp drive theory, for example as proposed by dr. Participants are exposed to different levels of a va. The vacuum is a very complicated object and many books have been. Project longshot 4, a joint nasanavy study in the late 1980s to. Alcubierres ideas have lead to a number of interesting thought experiments in quantum field theory. We feel that we have collectively learnt an enormous amount from this literature, both in terms. And there is no general hesitancy toward conducting experiments by scientists. The interferometer employs a 6328 a hene laser, in which one of the two beams passes between two electrically charged. Sonny white in his paper warp field mechanics 101, the shape of the field is asymmetrical in that an imbalanced situation has to be present in order to establish motion or lift. 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.
It is almost too beautiful to use as the author intended, as. It is not necessary to activate a warp drive to enter the warp in this manner, although any vessel not equipped with a gellar field would be unlikely to survive for long within the empyrean. The book gives important impulses for the field and lists several strong arguments for conducting field experiment. The coils are turned on in a special sequence and their magnetic force is so powerful that they can amplify earths gravitational field and actually warp or compress spacetime. However, it seems that one is currently in development. The inability of the whitejuday warp field interferometer to spectrallyresolve spacetime distortions, accessed january 2017 claims that the whitejuday warp field interferometer is incapable of detecting any spacetime distortions from the nasa groups electrically charged plate experiments. Figure8 displays the resulting warp metric for faster than light space travel. Warp drive is a fasterthanlight ftl propulsion system in the universe of many science fiction settings, most notably including star trek. In 1887, one of the most important experiments was.
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