[2512.18008] A warp drive with predominantly positive invariant energy density and global Hawking-Ellis Type I
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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
arXiv:2512.18008 (gr-qc)
[Submitted on 19 Dec 2025]
Title:A warp drive with predominantly positive invariant energy density and global Hawking-Ellis Type I
Authors:José Rodal<br>View a PDF of the paper titled A warp drive with predominantly positive invariant energy density and global Hawking-Ellis Type I, by Jos\'e Rodal
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Abstract:We present the first fully explicit, continuous, analytically derived warp-drive spacetime within General Relativity whose shift-vector flow is kinematically irrotational. Building on Santiago \emph{et al.} that scalar-potential, zero-vorticity warp fields are Hawking-Ellis Type I for unit lapse and flat spatial slices, we supply a closed-form scalar potential and smooth shift components with proper boundary behavior, together with a Cartan-tetrad analytic pipeline and high-precision eigenanalysis. Compared with the Alcubierre and Natário models (evaluated at identical parameters $\rho, \sigma, v/c$), our irrotational solution exhibits \emph{significantly reduced} local NEC/WEC stress: its peak proper-energy deficit is reduced by a factor of $\approx 38$ relative to Alcubierre and $\approx 2.6 \times 10^{3}$ relative to Natário, and its peak NEC violation is more than $60 \times$ smaller than Natário. Crucially, the stress-energy is \emph{globally} Hawking-Ellis Type I, with a well-defined timelike eigenvalue (proper energy density) everywhere. A fixed-smoothing vortical ablation confirms that this improvement is causally due to irrotational, curl-free kinematics rather than profile shaping: adding modest vorticity collapses the $E_{+} / E_{-}$ balance and drives large increases in the negative-energy magnitude $E_{-}$. We quantify the negative-energy requirement via a \emph{slice-integrated} (on $\Sigma_{t}$) negative-energy volume and tabulate global measures. A far-field extrapolation to $R \to \infty$ yields tail-corrected totals $|E_{+} - E_{-}| / (E_{+} + E_{-}) = 0.04\%$. Thus the net \emph{proper} energy is consistent with zero to four decimal places (in fractional units). We also establish regularity at $r=0$ for the irrotational construction.
Comments:<br>56 pages, 10 figures, 12 tables
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General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
Cite as:<br>arXiv:2512.18008 [gr-qc]
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2512.18008
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Journal reference:<br>General Relativity and Gravitation (Springer), Volume 58, Article Number 1 (2026), published December 17, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-025-03495-x
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Submission history<br>From: Jose Rodal [view email]<br>[v1]<br>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:08:33 UTC (18,013 KB)
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