Alcubierre drive

Summary

Alcubierre drive is a hypothesis^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of hypothesis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,802 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alcubierre drive's image is recorded as Alcubierre.png^[3].
• Alcubierre drive's instance of is recorded as hypothesis^[4].
• Alcubierre drive's instance of is recorded as exact solution in general relativity^[5].
• Miguel Alcubierre is named after Alcubierre drive^[6].
• Alcubierre drive's Commons category is recorded as Alcubierre metric^[7].
• Alcubierre drive's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09fsy^[8].
• Alcubierre drive's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/warp-drive^[9].
• Alcubierre drive's defining formula is recorded as \begin{aligned}ds^2&=\left(v_s(t)^2f(r_s(t))^{2}-1\right)\,dt^2-2v_s(t)f(r_s(t))\,dx\,dt+dx^2+dy^2+dz^2\v_s(t)&=\frac{dx_{s}(t)}{dt}\r_s(t)&=\sqrt{(x-x_s(t))^2+y^2+z^2}\f(r_{s})&=\frac{\tanh(\sigma(r_s+R))-\tanh(\sigma (r_s-R))}{2\tanh(\sigma R)}\end{aligned}^[10].
• Alcubierre drive's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126102832^[11].
• Alcubierre drive's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/AlcubierreDrive^[12].
• Alcubierre drive's Yle topic ID is recorded as 18-323801^[13].
• Alcubierre drive's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 알큐비에레 드라이브^[14].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include hypothesis^[4] and exact solution in general relativity^[5].

History and Context

Miguel Alcubierre is named after Alcubierre drive^[6].

Why It Matters

Alcubierre drive ranks in the top 2% of hypothesis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,802 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]