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Ascendant78
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- Lacking the foundation needed to know for sure, I was curious as to whether or not the notion of creating a black hole with electromagnets is possible, or only sci-fi hokum?
As a prior physics major (had to stop at my 3rd year of undergrad due to children and financial difficulties), there was something I was always extremely passionate about - finding feasible ways to travel faster than light. Obviously, the only feasible way seems to be to bend space-time, but I wasn't quite sure of the best section to place this in, since general relativity would be involved as well.
Now, I already know about the ones involving exotic matter. Since we haven't even confirmed its existence (to the best of my knowledge), that isn't feasible to me.
I am also aware of the way that would require an energy source equivalent to several of our solar system's suns. Again, that of course doesn't seem feasible to me.
While I have seen the electromagnetic field making an artificial black hole proposal in sci-fi movies multiple times, it has never made sense to me. I'm not sure exactly how electromagnetic fields could be manipulated in a way to warp space-time to the extent of creating a black hole. With that said, is it theoretically possible, and if so, how? I see so many issues with this, and no feasible way to actually make it happen. Can anyone give some insight?
Now, I already know about the ones involving exotic matter. Since we haven't even confirmed its existence (to the best of my knowledge), that isn't feasible to me.
I am also aware of the way that would require an energy source equivalent to several of our solar system's suns. Again, that of course doesn't seem feasible to me.
While I have seen the electromagnetic field making an artificial black hole proposal in sci-fi movies multiple times, it has never made sense to me. I'm not sure exactly how electromagnetic fields could be manipulated in a way to warp space-time to the extent of creating a black hole. With that said, is it theoretically possible, and if so, how? I see so many issues with this, and no feasible way to actually make it happen. Can anyone give some insight?