Influence of anisotropic matter on the alcubierre metric and other related metrics: revisiting the problem of negative energy

DOI10.1007/s10714-023-03105-8zbMath1528.83020arXiv2302.13826OpenAlexW4366189930MaRDI QIDQ6174870

N. Bolivar, Gabriel Abellán, Ivaylo Vasilev

Publication date: 15 July 2023

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13826

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic matterCartesian warpdrivecylindrical warpspherical warpwarpdrive

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinematics of deformation (74A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Constrained dynamics, Dirac's theory of constraints (70H45) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Energy minimization in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H80)

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