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Retro-information implies quantum unitary violation even in absence of Closed Time Curves

Philippe Jacquet, Veronique Joly

Published Jul 7, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Time travel is a popular topic in science fiction. In general the support is the so-called Closed Time Curves (CTC) as they are predicted by general relativity [1, 2]. However time travel meets a logical impossibility because of the grandfather paradox.

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