SETI, the velocity-of-light limitation, and the Alcubierre warp drive: An integrating overview

Physics Essays

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-158

  Puthoff, H E ^a  

^a Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Casimir effect; General relativistic dynamics; Interstellar travel; SETI; Space time metric; Superluminal travel; Vacuum energy; Vacuum engineering; Velocity of light; Warp drive

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030545934     PISSN: 08361398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4006/1.3029218     Document Type: Article

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