Serguei Vladilenovich Krasnikov is a Russia

Russia

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 holding a Ph.D.

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 (kandidat nauk) in physics and mathematics from Saint Petersburg University. He is currently based at Pulkovo Observatory

Pulkovo Observatory

The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory астрономи́ческая обсервато́рия Росси́йской акаде́мии нау́к), the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, located 19 km south of Saint Petersburg on Pulkovo Heights...

 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Krasnikov is best known for his contributions in theoretical physics, specifically the development of the Krasnikov Tube

Krasnikov Tube

A Krasnikov tube is a speculative mechanism for space travel involving the warping of spacetime into permanent superluminal tunnels. The resulting structure is analogous to a wormhole with the endpoints displaced in time as well as space...

 and its applications in causality, closed timelike curves and hyperfast travel. In 2001 he was recruited to serve as research manager at prominent interdisciplinary research laboratory Starlab NV/SA in a project to assess the viability of time travel under realistic physical conditions.

See also

• Krasnikov Tube
  Krasnikov Tube
  A Krasnikov tube is a speculative mechanism for space travel involving the warping of spacetime into permanent superluminal tunnels. The resulting structure is analogous to a wormhole with the endpoints displaced in time as well as space...
  
  
• Alcubierre drive
  Alcubierre drive
  The Alcubierre drive, also known as the Alcubierre metric, is a speculative, but valid solution of the Einstein field equations. It is a mathematical model of a spacetime exhibiting features reminiscent of the fictional "warp drive" from Star Trek, which can travel "faster than light", although...
  
  
• Wormhole
  Wormhole
  In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
  
  
• Starlab
  Starlab
  Starlab NV/SA was a multidisciplinary, blue skies research institute in operation from 1996 to 2001 and based in Brussels, Belgium. A second base of operations, Starlab Barcelona, was established in 2000 and remains in operation.-History:...
  
  
• Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program
  Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program
  The Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project was a research project funded by NASA from 1996 through 2002, to study various proposals for "revolutionary" methods of spacecraft propulsion which would require breakthroughs in physics before they could be realized, hence the name...
  
   (NASA)

External links

• Homepage for Serguei Krasnikov at the Alexander Friedmann Laboratory for Theoretical Physics
• Curriculum Vitae at the Friedmann Laboratory website
• Publications at the Friedmann Laboratory website
• NASA Glenn Research Center grant selection announcement
• Relevant publications on the physics e-print arXiv
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• Relevant publications on Google Scholar
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• Starlab Discovery Channel special featuring an interview with Krasnikov on the possibility of time travel