Research edition 04 / 20 October 2026

Generic warp drives violate the null energy condition

Energy-condition analysis of warp geometries; positive density for one observer does not establish an energy condition for all observers.

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Jessica Santiago; Sebastian Schuster; Matt Visser · 2022 · Physical Review D 105, 064038

Energy-condition analysis of warp geometries; positive density for one observer does not establish an energy condition for all observers.

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DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.105.064038

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