Do the laws of physics forbid the operation of time machines?

DOI10.1007/s11229-008-9338-2zbMath1178.83007OpenAlexW2113049235WikidataQ57535421 ScholiaQ57535421MaRDI QIDQ1036050

Christopher Smeenk, John Earman, Christian Wüthrich

Publication date: 4 November 2009

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-008-9338-2

zbMATH Keywords

causalitygeneral relativityclosed timelike curvestime traveltime machinesQFT on curved spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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