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Optical time travel: proposal for testing Hawking's Chronology Protection Conjecture in an optical analogue

2026/07/24 by D. Bermudez, U. Leonhardt
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph #gr-qc #physics.optics

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Abstract

Classical general relativity allows time travel, but Hawking [Phys. Rev. D 46, 603 (1992)] conjectured that quantum mechanics ultimately prevents it. Here we propose a feasible experiment to test Hawking's Chronology Protection Conjecture in optics. In this scheme, time travel is inherently related to lasing, and the amplified vacuum fluctuations above laser threshold establish the quantum limits of time travel

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