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

Text

This text came with the file. It may have mistakes. When the text and the image disagree, the image is right.

UNCLASSIFIED//P61t OfflOIAL WSli &••kY
Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................v
2. General Relativistic Warp Drives ........................................................................ 1
2.1 Warp Drive Requirements ............................................................................ 2
3. The Cosmological Constant ................................................................................ 4
3.1 Einstein's Equation and the Introduction of/\ .............................................. 4
4. Casimir Energy and the Quantum Vacuum.......................................................... 5
4.1 The Casimir Effect ........................................................................................ 6
5. Extra Space Dimensions ..................................................................................... 8
5.1 Kaluza-Klein Theory ..................................................................................... 8
5.2 Large Extra Dimensions.............................................................................. 10
5.3 Randall Sundrum Brane Models .................................................................. 11
5.4 Extra Dimension Summary ......................................................................... 12
6. Dark Energy as a Higher Dimensional Artifact .................................................. 12
7. Warp Drive and Higher Dimensional Manipulation ........................................... 15
7.1 Adjusting Higher Dimensions for Propulsions ............................................ 16
7.2 The Geometry of Extra Dimensions ............................................................ 17
7.3 Higher Dimensions and Stabilization .......................................................... 17
7.4 Elementary Warp Drive Calculations .......................................................... 20
7.5 Future Experiments .................................................................................... 22
7.6 The Development of the Technology .......................................................... 23
8. Summary.......................................................................................................... 24
Figures
Figure 1. York Extrinsic Time (9-) Plot..................................................................... 1
Figure 2. The Interior Region of Parallel Conducting Plates ................................... 7
Figure 3. Internal Structure of a Seemingly One-Dimensional Object .................... 9
Figure 4. Manipulated Extra Dimension ................................................................ 15
UNCLASSIFIED//FQR 8FFl61Ak W&lii &••kY
iii