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Recurrence metrics and the physics of closed time-like curves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate vacuum solutions of Einstein's equation for a universe with an S^1 topology of time. Such a universe behaves like a time-machine and has geodesics which coincide with closed time-like curves (CTCs). A system evolving along a CTC experiences the Loschmidt velocity reversion and undergoes a recurrence commensurate with the universal period. We indicate why this universe is free of the causality paradoxes, usually associated with CTCs.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0107055,
  title  = {Recurrence metrics and the physics of closed time-like curves},
  author = {Moninder Singh Modgil and Deshdeep Sahdev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0107055},
  year   = {2007}
}