Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Quantum setback for warp drives

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Technology Review: Blogs: arXiv blog: Quantum setback for warp drives

Some may recall the work of Mexican physicist Michael Alcubierre who proved that faster-than-light travel could be possible if you were able to make a warp bubble. His work, however, was based on classical physics so Italian physicist Stefano Finazzi augmented the theory to include quantum mechanics. What he found was that the warp bubble would be filled with Hawking radiation, and that the leading edge of the bubble would become unstable.