Conformal Gravity and the Alcubierre Warp Drive Metric

Figure 3

Stress-energy tensor components 𝑇_𝜇𝜈, in cylindrical coordinates (𝑡,𝑥,𝜌,𝜙)≡(0,1,2,3), computed with conformal gravity and the Hartle shaping function. Parameters used are 𝑣_𝑠=1, 𝑅=1, 𝑚=4, 𝛼_𝑔=1, and 𝑡=0.

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