Time, Closed Timelike Curves and Causality

2002/06/30 by Francisco Lobo, Paulo Crawford
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc

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published as NATO Sci.Ser.II 95 (2003) 289-296 · 8 pages, LaTeX2e, Kluwer Academic style files-included. Invited talk at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, The Nature of Time: Geometry, Physics and Perception, May 21-24, 2002, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic. Revised version

arxiv created 2003/10/30 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

General Relativity is contaminated with non-trivial geometries which generate closed timelike curves. These apparently violate causality, producing time-travel paradoxes. We shall briefly discuss these geometries and analyze some of their physical aspects.

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