Evanescent waves

As proposed by Aero on the NSF forums, the possibility that the thrust is occurring as a result of the generation/leakage of evanescent waves.

Status

No longer considered a viable source of thrust.

Evidence

Initial calculations by Aero were showing an efficiency rating 2-3 times that of a perfect photon drive, which is beneath the observed ratings of Q-thruster test articles.<ref>Initial calculations by aero.</ref>

Utilizing MEEP, the conclusion was that due to rapid dropoff at the frustum surface, evanescent waves were of insufficient magnitude to explain the observed thrust.<ref>this post by @aero on modeled evanescent waves</ref>

Relevant Papers

This list was assembled by Aero<ref>Forum post by @aero</ref>

• http://arxiv.org/pdf/1308.0547.pdf - See Supplementary Table 1.
• http://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.0347.pdf
• http://wwwsis.lnf.infn.it/pub/INFN-FM-00-04.pdf - I like Appendix B
• http://arxiv.org/pdf/1211.0530v2.pdf - This one just hints at our situation.
• http://bit.ly/1Ja6QLV - Again, hints
• http://tuttle.merc.iastate.edu/ee439/topics/tunneling.pdf - Tunneling and evanescent wave math are very similar.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_stress_tensor - Not quite sure why this is here, maybe the stress-energy tensor derivation?

References

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