Closed timelike curves in classical relativity

被引:28
作者
Bonnor, WB [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ London Queen Mary Coll, London E1 4NS, England
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS D | 2003年 / 12卷 / 09期
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10.1142/S0218271803004122
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Spacetimes of general relativity containing closed timelike curves (CTC) are usually dismissed as non-physical. However, it is now known that CTC may appear in spacetimes modelling simple laboratory experiments, and two such experiments are described in this essay. We therefore need a realistic interpretation of CTC. I suggest that a region containing CTC may represent a new type of singularity, called a torsion singularity.
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