The orientability of spacetime

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/19/17/308MaRDI QIDQ4789687zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Mark J. Hadley

Publication date 10 July 2003

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0202031

zbMATH Keywords

spacetimeorientabilityexperimental test

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

Abstract: Contrary to established beliefs, spacetime may not be time-orientable. By considering an experimental test of time orientability it is shown that a failure of time-orientability of a spacetime region would be indistinguishable from a particle antiparticle annihilation event.

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