TIME MACHINE, SELF-CONSISTENCY AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM-MECHANICS

Authors
GONELLA F
Citation
F. Gonella, TIME MACHINE, SELF-CONSISTENCY AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM-MECHANICS, Foundations of physics letters, 7(2), 1994, pp. 161-166
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Foundations of physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
08949875
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
161 - 166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0894-9875(1994)7:2<161:TMSATF>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A self-consistent description is given of the evolution of a quantum s ystem in the presence of closed timelike curves (CTC's). Owing to the self-consistency principle (SCP), the nonlocal character of quantum me chanics emerges as a conceptual requirement.