Quantum Theory Looks at Time Travel

Greenberger, D.M; Svozil, K

dc.contributor.author	Greenberger, D.M	en
dc.contributor.author	Svozil, K	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-04-16T23:10:48Z	en
dc.date.available	2009-04-16T23:10:48Z	en
dc.date.issued	2005-06	en
dc.identifier.citation	CDMTCS Research Reports CDMTCS-268 (2005)	en
dc.identifier.issn	1178-3540	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2292/3775	en
dc.description.abstract	We introduce a quantum mechanical model of time travel which includes two figurative beam splitters in order to induce feedback to earlier times. This leads to a unique solution to the paradox where one could kill one’s grandfather in that once the future has unfolded, it cannot change the past, and so the past becomes deterministic. On the other hand, looking forwards towards the future is completely probabilistic. This resolves the classical paradox in a philosophically satisfying manner.	en
dc.publisher	Department of Computer Science, The University of Auckland, New Zealand	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CDMTCS Research Report Series	en
dc.rights.uri	https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm	en
dc.source.uri	http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/staff-cgi-bin/mjd/secondcgi.pl?serial	en
dc.title	Quantum Theory Looks at Time Travel	en
dc.type	Technical Report	en
dc.subject.marsden	Fields of Research::280000 Information, Computing and Communication Sciences	en
dc.rights.holder	The author(s)	en
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