Chris Van Den Broeck于一篇1999年的论文试图阐述一些可能的课题,亦发表在《古典和量子引力》期刊。借由将引擎运送的“曲速泡”的3+1维表面积收缩,同时扩张所包含的内部3维体积,Van Den Broeck能将运输几颗小原子所需的总能量减少到少于3个太阳质量。随后,透过对Van Den Broeck度规稍微修改,Sergey Krasnikov可以将负能量总需求缩减到几个毫克[9]。
González-Díaz的工作解决了二维量子不稳定性的问题。González-Díaz将结果发表在《物理评论D》62卷(Physical Review D Vol. 62),提议考虑封闭类时曲线的课题。这样的改善允许了多连通空间(multiply-connected spaces),结束了短程线不完备性并满足了量子不稳定性的要求。
See The Alcubierre Warp Drive (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) by John G. Cramer, where Cramer notes that "Alcubierre, following the lead of wormhole theorists, argues that quantum field theory permits the existence of regions of negative energy density under special circumstances, and cites the Casimir effect as an example."
T. S. Taylor, T. C. Powell, "Current Status of Metric Engineering with Implications for the Warp Drive," AIAA-2003-4991 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, July 20–23, 2003
H. E. Puthoff, "SETI, the velocity-of-light limitation, and the Alcubierre warp drive: an integrating overview," Physics Essays 9, 156-158 (1996).
Amoroso, Richard L. (2011) Orbiting the Moons of Pluto: Complex Solutions to the Einstein, Maxwell, Schrodinger & Dirac Equations, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishers; ISBN 978-981-4324-24-3, see Chap. 15, pp. 349-391, Holographic wormhole drive: Philosophical breakthrough in FTL "Warp Drive" technology. (Amoroso claims to have solved problems of the Alcubierre metric such as need for large negative mass energy.)
Taylor, T. S.; Powell, T. C. 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit. Huntsville, Alabama. 20–23 July 2003. ISBN 978-1-62410-098-7. doi:10.2514/6.2003-4991. AIAA-2003-4991. |chapter=被忽略 (帮助)
Amoroso, Richard L. (2011) Orbiting the Moons of Pluto: Complex Solutions to the Einstein, Maxwell, Schrodinger & Dirac Equations, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishers; ISBN 978-981-4324-24-3, see Chap. 15, pp. 349–391, Holographic wormhole drive: Philosophical breakthrough in faster than light "Warp Drive" technology. (Amoroso claims to have solved problems of the Alcubierre metric such as need for large negative mass energy.)