Relativity and Cosmology

   

On the Absence of Causality Paradoxes in Alcubierre Drive FTL Signaling Due to Worldline Intersection Constraints

Authors: Cevdet Caner Telimenli

We analyze the theoretical implications of faster-than-light (FTL) signaling using an Alcubierre warp drive framework. Unlike conventional signals propagating continuously through spacetime, FTL communication via warp bubbles represents discrete spacetime events that must intersect the receiver's worldline precisely in both space and proper time. We show that this intrinsic targeting constraint prevents the formation of closed timelike curves (CTCs) that lead to causality paradoxes. Specifically, failure to account for relativistic proper time and frame differences results in the FTL message "missing" the recipient, thus preventing paradoxical signaling loops. Additionally, we discuss the practical impossibility of docking or interacting with relativistic or superluminal ships, further limiting causality-violating scenarios. This note clarifies misunderstandings about causality violations in Alcubierre-based FTL scenarios and emphasizes operational limits on messaging in warped spacetime.

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