Serguei Vladilenovich Krasnikov (russian: Серге́й Владиле́нович Кра́сников; 1961) is a Russian
physicist
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Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...
.
Life
Krasnikov obtained a doctorate (
CSc.) in physics and mathematics from
Saint Petersburg University. He is currently based at
Pulkovo Observatory in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Krasnikov’s work is focused on theoretical physics, specifically on the development of the
Krasnikov tube and its applications in causality,
closed timelike curves
In mathematical physics, a closed timelike curve (CTC) is a world line in a Lorentzian manifold, of a material particle in spacetime, that is "closed", returning to its starting point. This possibility was first discovered by Willem Jacob van Sto ...
, and hyperfast travel.
In 2001, Krasnikov worked at
Starlab
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, in a joint NASA/USAF-funded project to assess the viability of time travel under realistic physical conditions.
In 2002 he attended the 11th UK Conference on the Foundations of Physics hosted by the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford
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at which he delivered the paper "Time machine (1988-2001)".
See also
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Alcubierre drive
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Wormhole
A wormhole (Einstein-Rosen bridge) is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special Solutions of the Einstein field equations, solution of the Einstein field equations.
A wormhole can be visualize ...
References
External links
Homepage at the Alexander Friedmann Laboratory for Theoretical Physics
Curriculum Vitaeat the Friedmann Laboratory website
TEDxBrussels 2009Serguei Krasnikov on time travel
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1961 births
Living people
Russian physicists
Quantum physicists
Time travel