Chris Van Den Broeck於一篇1999年的論文試圖闡述一些可能的課題,亦發表在《古典和量子引力》期刊。藉由將引擎運送的「曲速泡」的3+1維表面積收縮,同時擴張所包含的內部3維體積,Van Den Broeck能將運輸幾顆小原子所需的總能量減少到少於3個太陽質量。隨後,透過對Van Den Broeck度規稍微修改,Sergey Krasnikov可以將負能量總需求縮減到幾個毫克[9]。
González-Díaz的工作解決了二維量子不穩定性的問題。González-Díaz將結果發表在《物理評論D》62卷(Physical Review D Vol. 62),提議考慮封閉類時曲線的課題。這樣的改善允許了多連通空間(multiply-connected spaces),結束了短程線不完備性並滿足了量子不穩定性的要求。
^See The Alcubierre Warp Drive (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) by John G. Cramer, where Cramer notes that "Alcubierre, following the lead of wormhole theorists, argues that quantum field theory permits the existence of regions of negative energy density under special circumstances, and cites the Casimir effect as an example."
^Roundup(PDF). Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. July 2012 [1 October 2013]. (原始内容(PDF)存档于2013-09-01).
^Dr. Harold "Sonny" White. Warp Field Mechanics 101(PDF). NASA Johnson Space Center. 30 September 2011 [28 January 2013]. (原始内容存档(PDF)于2013-09-01).
T. S. Taylor, T. C. Powell, "Current Status of Metric Engineering with Implications for the Warp Drive," AIAA-2003-4991 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, Alabama, July 20–23, 2003
H. E. Puthoff, "SETI, the velocity-of-light limitation, and the Alcubierre warp drive: an integrating overview," Physics Essays 9, 156-158 (1996).
Amoroso, Richard L. (2011) Orbiting the Moons of Pluto: Complex Solutions to the Einstein, Maxwell, Schrodinger & Dirac Equations, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishers; ISBN 978-981-4324-24-3, see Chap. 15, pp. 349-391, Holographic wormhole drive: Philosophical breakthrough in FTL "Warp Drive" technology. (Amoroso claims to have solved problems of the Alcubierre metric such as need for large negative mass energy.)
Taylor, T. S.; Powell, T. C. 39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit. Huntsville, Alabama. 20–23 July 2003. ISBN 978-1-62410-098-7. doi:10.2514/6.2003-4991. AIAA-2003-4991.|chapter=被忽略 (帮助)
Amoroso, Richard L. (2011) Orbiting the Moons of Pluto: Complex Solutions to the Einstein, Maxwell, Schrodinger & Dirac Equations, New Jersey: World Scientific Publishers; ISBN 978-981-4324-24-3, see Chap. 15, pp. 349–391, Holographic wormhole drive: Philosophical breakthrough in faster than light "Warp Drive" technology. (Amoroso claims to have solved problems of the Alcubierre metric such as need for large negative mass energy.)