Published April 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Minimal acceleration requirements for ''time travel'' in Goedel space-time

  • 1. Department of Philosophy, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Description

It is demonstrated that the total integrated acceleration of any closed timelike curve in Goedel space-time must be at least ln(2+(5)/sup 1/2/). This answers a question posed by Geroch

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.)
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
4
Series
J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.).
Journal Page Range
774-777
ISSN
0022-2488

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16065382
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; COORDINATES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GEODESICS; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; SPACE-TIME
Descriptors DEC
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