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Closed Timelike Curves via Postselection: Theory and Experimental Test of Consistency

Closed Timelike Curves via Postselection: Theory and Experimental Test of Consistency

Closed timelike curves (CTCs) are trajectories in spacetime that effectively travel backwards in time: a test particle following a CTC can interact with its former self in the past. A widely accepted quantum theory of CTCs was proposed by Deutsch. Here we analyze an alternative quantum formulation of CTCs based …