Summary

The authors of this paper propose an interaction between conditioned electro-magnetic radiation and the ZPF (and thus gravity / inertia). Using Alcubierre's Warp Drive as a starting point, they explain how the components of the warp shell are equivalent to areas of altered ZPF. They continue to derive how these alterations could be accomplished with specifically conditioned EM radiation. A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analogy of the warp-drive yields regions of locally increased speed of light in the 'bow' and 'wake' of the traveling craft, while effectively reversing inertia to propel it forward. The CFD analogy suggests an extended set of Maxwell's Equation with a higher order of symmetry, and the authors cite some experimental data in support of this theory. While a functioning propulsive system will require energy densities in excess of present capabilities, plenty of experimental opportunities exist to further investigate the interaction between ZPF, space-time metric distortions, and conditioned EM radiation.

Abstract

Although thew space-time metric associated with gravitation can be distorted somewhat by electromagnetic influences (such as magnetic fields of stupendous strength) there is no intimate interaction or coupling between ordinary electromagnetic (em) fields and those of gravitation because they are of a different essence and form. But if the fields associated with ordinary em radiation could be endowed with an essence similar to that of gravitation, such radiation might be capable of coupling with gravitation for propulsive use. This paper describes several ways of crating specially conditioned em radiation and, several ways that fields associated with such radiation might interact propulsively with those associated with gravity or the vacuums zero-point state.

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