Do the laws of physics forbid the operation of time machines?
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Do the laws of physics forbid the operation of time machines?
zbMATH Open document ID: 1178.83007
author: John Earman
author: Christopher Smeenk
author: Christian Wüthrich
published in: Synthese
publication date: 2009-11-04T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C47
zbMATH DE Number: 5625272
zbMATH Keywords: general relativity
zbMATH Keywords: time travel
zbMATH Keywords: time machines
zbMATH Keywords: QFT on curved spacetime
zbMATH Keywords: causality
zbMATH Keywords: closed timelike curves
Wikidata QID: Q57535421
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: s11229-008-9338-2
OpenAlex ID: W2113049235
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DOI: 10.1007/S11229-008-9338-2
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5625272