Kinks and Time Machines
arXiv:gr-qc/9405001 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.50.R2353
Abstract
We show that it is not possible to smooth out the metric on the Deutsch-Politzer time machine to obtain an everywhere non-singular asymptotically flat Lorentzian metric.
5 pages of text and 3 figures (obtain figures from A. Chamblin at [email protected]), DAMTP preprint # R/94/17 (Original submission was slightly garbled.)
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