2003/10/31 by Liat Maoz, Joan Simón, Joan Simon
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Closed timelike curve #Context (archaeology) #Formalism (music) #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Invariant (physics) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quotient #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2004/01/051
published as JHEP 0401 (2004) 051 · 1+35 pages, no figures; v2, new references added. Final version to appear in JHEP
openalex publication_date 2004/01/27 · arxiv created 2004/02/07 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2016/08/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We analyse the existence of closed timelike curves in spacetimes which possess an isometry. In particular we check which discrete quotients of such spaces lead to closed timelike curves. As a by-product of our analysis, we prove that the notion of existence or non-existence of closed timelike curves is a T-duality invariant notion, whenever the direction along which we apply such transformations is everywhere spacelike. Our formalism is straightforwardly applied to supersymmetric theories. We provide some new examples in the context of D-branes and generalized pp-waves.