In another question about NASA test of asymmetric thrustor, the published data suggested a possible force interaction of the device with some stress energy field that was moving about the same velocity as Isotropic CMB. One necessary condition was said to be that the CMB would need to have a curl free component of stress energy.
Argument could be made that some of the microwaves cancel out EM components by interference, leaving a curl free stress energy component that is scalar in the Isotropic CMB, but vectored flow of stress energy and momentum compared to any object like the solar system that has a velocity relative to the Isotropic CMB.
CMB with curl free stress energy field does not guarantee any interaction in the NASA data, which faces other challenges. It would create the possibility that some other field generator could achieve efficiency about 1000 times better than a photonic engine. This is still not my preferred energy field for interaction with a quantum thruster, but raises possibility of a technology that is not well researched.
Does Isotropic CMB Have A Curl Free Stress Energy Component?
Interacting with CMB is almost like saying an interaction with vacuum space, since one is largely defined by the other.
In other threads an argument was made that objects do interact with the space they occupy and pass through, without which light speed could not a limitation.
Isotropic CMB is the same in all directions giving support of photons interfering to cancel EM components. This is not likely to be the complete explanation, because the CMB would all be canceled after an extended time. One possibility is that the cancelation is approximate and temporary when the interfering photons are not exactly identical.
A possibility may exist for a low energy curl free scalar field to acquire a curl by a variety of perturbations. Then a type of equilibrium might be developed between curl and curl free field components.
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