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    I Alcubierre Warp Drive: Arrival Problem - Fact or Fiction?

    @ Neox, that isn't the arrival problem I'm talking about. Here: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...nihilating-whole-star-systems-when-you-arrive http://d1jqu7g1y74ds1.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/MatterOfMatter-revised-final.pdf
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    I Alcubierre Warp Drive: Arrival Problem - Fact or Fiction?

    Hello, As it takes time and attention to a problem before papers are produced, it is certainly plausible that a feasible refutation exists that has not been identified and produced in the literature. That refutation need not necessarily be an alternative version of general relativity; it could...
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    I Alcubierre Warp Drive: Arrival Problem - Fact or Fiction?

    Upon reading the Australian paper, I've noticed that they only use the bubble configuration initially proposed by Alcubierre, which as I understand requires far too much energy to be possible to implement. The later bubble configuration proposed by White, which is instead a ring, apparently is...
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    Ok, there is ambiguity in this area. A wikipedia article on Van der Walls suggests that each originate from vacuum energy: "It can be shown that van der Waals forces are of the same origin as the Casimir effect, arising from quantum interactions with the zero-point field.[2]" From...
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    I Alcubierre Warp Drive: Arrival Problem - Fact or Fiction?

    I'm interested in developments concerning the 'Alcubierre Warp Drive', specifically, the arrival problem: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/140635-the-downside-of-warp-drives-annihilating-whole-star-systems-when-you-arrive established in this paper, by a group from Australia...
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    Alcubierre Warp Drive: Debate and Discussions

    Well, you cannot patent an idea, you must patent a process. So, you've not yet created a public disclosure, if you were to reveal a particular method or process, hypothetical or otherwise, that would constitute a public disclosure. To create a process to do something, you will need to do it...
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    The wikipedia page had a formula for finding the force between two plates as a function of distance, but not one for energy density. Rather than trying to derive it myself I was hoping someone more experienced with it could provide a correct formula for this. Demystifier, this sounds like it...
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    Look, there are other effects of vacuum fluctuations, not just the Casimir Effect. Hawking radiation for example. It isn't a very contentious issue in the field. It's basically accepted. I'm not really interested in arguing. If you don't want to believe in vacuum fluctuations, fine. I'm just...
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    I was aware of the paper that I referred you to before the conversation, but I was not aware of the paper you referred me to. But as far as I know, it's been pretty well established that the Casimir force is due to vacuum fluctuations. I'm not sure how the Croatian physicist came to his...
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    You can ask him ask him if you wish. I'm not really interested for now; I'm mostly just here for the calculation.
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    That paper is definitely a minority opinion. Also, I believe that it is disproven due to the fact that the casimir effect can be reversed: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7226/full/nature07610.html If the Casimir force was caused by van der walls forces, I do not believe it would be...
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    I Calculation of negative energy density in a Casimir cavity

    Hello, I would like to know how to calculate the negative energy density in the region between two Casimir plates, given a distance between two parallel plates. Thanks, much appreciated!
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    How can the Casimir effect result in a repulsive force between solid materials?

    I asked Dr. Philbin at the University of St. Andrews about the reverse Casimir effect. He gave an excellent description: " One of the problems with trying to have a conceptual understanding of Casimir forces is that the calculations using the standard Lifgarbagez theory (which predicts...
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    How can the Casimir effect result in a repulsive force between solid materials?

    I got it figured out. There were several other equations I needed. Thanks for looking at it.
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