On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:10:50 -0800, Erik Max Francis <max@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
:George W Harris wrote:
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:> Also, if both mouths of the wormhole are in the
:> same vicinity, they will both undergo an acceleration of
:> magnitude G*m/d^2 (where G is the gravitational
:> constant, m is the mass of each wormhole (positve for
:> one, negative for the other), and d is the distance
:> between them) and the vector pointing from the
:> negative-mass wormhole to the positive-mass wormhole.
:> This acceleration will be constant, so they will quickly
:> reach relativistic velocities.
:
:The acceleration would also be minute if you're sending ordinary things
:through it. And even if that were an issue, "in the same vicinity" is
:an easy out; just move them far enough apart so that the 1/r^2 distance
:becomes prohibitive to gravitational forces, but still close enough that
:they'd be convenient.
I was generally speculating about untended
wormholes.
Actually, this might be a way to turn them into a
weapon. If you could orient them so that there is a
closed trajectory leading through the wormhole, just
send a massive object along the trajectory; the
magnitude of the m***** of the mouths would increase
linearly. Orient the mouths so they're pointing towards
your target (that is, the positive-massed one is on a line
between the negative-massed one and the target, and
just slightly closer).
--
"The truths of mathematics describe a bright and clear universe,
exquisite and beautiful in its structure, in comparison with
which the physical world is turbid and confused."
-Eulogy for G.H.Hardy
George W. Harris For actual email address, replace each 'u' with an 'i'
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