Constructing Time Machines

DOI10.1142/S0217751X03015118zbMath1032.83004arXivgr-qc/0210048MaRDI QIDQ4433487

Graham M. Shore

Publication date: 29 October 2003

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0210048

zbMATH Keywords

quantum theorycausalityshock wavesgeneral relativitycosmic stringstime machinesclosed signal trajectories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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