Topology and Closed Timelike Curves II: Causal structure
| dc.creator | Monroe, Hunter | |
| dc.date | 2006-07-31 | |
| dc.date | 2006-09-14 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:16:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:16:32Z | |
| dc.description | Because no closed timelike curve (CTC) on a Lorentzian manifold can be deformed to a point, any such manifold containing a CTC must have a topological feature, to be called a timelike wormhole, that prevents the CTC from being deformed to a point. If all wormholes have horizons, which typically seems to be the case in space-times without exotic matter, then each CTC must transit some timelike wormhole's horizon. Therefore, a Lorentzian manifold containing a CTC may nevertheless be causally well behaving once its horizon's are deleted. For instance, there may be a Cauchy-like surface through which every timelike curve passes one and only once before crossing a horizon. | |
| dc.description | See companion paper by the same title | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0607134 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0607134 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/113619 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.subject | Differential Geometry | |
| dc.title | Topology and Closed Timelike Curves II: Causal structure | |
| dc.type | text |