2 papers
math-ph2016
Quantum physics, fields and closed timelike curves: The D-CTC condition in quantum field theory
Juergen Tolksdorf, Rainer Verch
The D-CTC condition is a condition originally proposed by David Deutsch as a condition on states of a quantum communication network that contains "backward time-steps" in some of i…
math-ph2002
(Bosonic)Mass Meets (Extrinsic)Curvature
Juergen Tolksdorf
In this paper we discuss the mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking from the point view of vacuum pairs, considered as ground states of a Yang-Mills-Higgs gauge theory. We trea…