Detailed study of null and timelike geodesics in the Alcubierre warp spacetime

DOI10.1007/s10714-011-1289-0zbMath1235.83025arXiv1107.5650OpenAlexW1994646928MaRDI QIDQ664453

Daniel Weiskopf, Thomas Müller

Publication date: 2 March 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.5650

zbMATH Keywords

Alcubierre warp spacetimeNon-affinely parametrized geodesicsRelativistic visualization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50)

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Uses Software

• GeodesicViewer
• Motion4D
• GSL

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