Supersymmetry Breaking Casimir Warp Drive

TL;DR

This paper proposes a theoretical mechanism within brane-world models where adjusting boundary conditions in extra dimensions can induce a Casimir energy that enables a spacecraft to achieve superluminal travel by locally modifying spacetime expansion and contraction.

Contribution

It introduces a novel concept of using supersymmetry-breaking boundary conditions to control Casimir energy for faster-than-light space travel.

Findings

Theoretical demonstration of boundary condition modification affecting Casimir energy.

Proposal of a warp drive mechanism based on local spacetime manipulation.

Potential for spacecraft to travel faster than light as perceived externally.

Abstract

Within the framework of brane-world models it is possible to account for the cosmological constant by assuming supersymmetry is broken on the 3-brane but preserved in the bulk. An effective Casimir energy is induced on the brane due to the boundary conditions imposed on the compactified extra dimensions. It will be demonstrated that modification of these boundary conditions allows a spacecraft to travel at any desired speed due to a local adjustment of the cosmological constant which effectively contracts/expands space-time in the front/rear of the ship resulting in motion potentially faster than the speed of light as seen by observers outside the disturbance.