Quantum physics, fields and closed timelike curves: the D-CTC condition in quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/s00220-017-2943-5zbMath1391.81140arXiv1609.01496OpenAlexW3098781117WikidataQ56082395 ScholiaQ56082395MaRDI QIDQ2413049

Rainer Verch, Jürgen Tolksdorf

Publication date: 6 April 2018

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.01496

zbMATH Keywords

local quantum physicsquantum communication networkD-CTC stateDeutsch-closed timelike curve (D-CTC)global hyperbolic spacetimePolitzer spacetimeReeh-Schliefer property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50)

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