Warp drive: A new approach

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 364-369

  Obousy, Richard K ^a   Cleaver, Gerald ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcubierre; Brane world; Casimir effect; Cosmological constant; Extra dimension; Inflation; Warp drive

Indexed keywords

ALCUBIERRE; BRANE-WORLD; CASIMIR EFFECTS; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANTS; EXTRA DIMENSIONS; INFLATION;

QUANTUM THEORY; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 50249099850     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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