Possible existence of time machines in a five-dimensional spacetime
Peter K.F. Kuhfittig

TL;DR
This paper explores the theoretical possibility of time machines within a five-dimensional anti-de Sitter spacetime, showing how extra dimensions could allow closed time-like curves and multiple histories, potentially avoiding paradoxes.
Contribution
It introduces a physically acceptable five-dimensional model with an extra time-like dimension that permits closed time-like curves and multiple histories, suggesting a new approach to time travel paradoxes.
Findings
Existence of closed time-like curves in the model
Multiple histories can coexist in the spacetime
Wormhole properties remain consistent regardless of location
Abstract
The idea of constructing a time machine is not new and even received a boost thanks to the realization that a traversable wormhole could be converted to a time machine. It was shown in a recent paper that the time-travel paradoxes can be avoided by assuming the existence of two or more histories or parallel timelines. Accordingly, we start with a physically acceptable model, a spacetime that is anti-de Sitter due to an extra time-like dimension. This model allows the existence of closed time-like curves, as well as two different histories, thereby suggesting a possible avoidance of the time-travel paradoxes. By assuming that the extra dimension is independent of the radial coordinate, the wormhole retains its basic geometric properties regardless of its location.
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Taxonomy
TopicsCosmology and Gravitation Theories · Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories · Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
