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Physical cosmic strings do not generate closed timelike curves. (English) Zbl 0969.83518

Summary: We reexamine the causal properties of geometries generated by parallel, moving cosmic strings, particularly our statement that closed timelike curves are forbidden there. Contrary to a recent claim, such acausal behavior cannot be realized by physical, timelike, sources.

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83C75 Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc.
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