AAWSAP DIRD, Warp Drive, Dark Energy, and the Manipulation of Extra Dimensions, April 2010

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Figure 7. A Combination of Phenomenologically Viable Fields Generates a Stable Minimum of the
Vacuum Energy Density at a Fixed Higher Dimensional Radius. This stable minimum, located at a positive
energy, indicates a stable deSitter type spacetime and reflects a realistic dark energy model. Note in this plot that
the radius of the extra dimensions is shown on the x-axis, and the energy density on the y-axis (normalized units
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Figure 8. False Vacuum Minima are Created Around a Spacecraft. The different minima create an
asymmetric dark energy pressure on 3-space which generates the warp bubble. In this plot the x-axis represents
the radius of the extra dimension, and the y-axis represents the energy density (normalized units are used).
The key to creating a warp drive is to create a false vacuum minimum, i.e., to modify
the vacuum spectrum and inject some field which creates a deSitter minimum at the
rear of the craft and an anti-deSitter minimum at the front of the craft. What this
requires is a technology that would allow us to artificially manipulate the field content
illustrated in Figure 7, shifting the location of the minimum. In this basic
representation, the spacecraft would sit in a stable region of space corresponding to the
natural minimum of the extra dimension. At the front and rear of the craft, regions of
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