24th Australian Institute of Physics Congress

A quantum model of a time-travelling billiard ball

15 Dec 2022, 17:30

1h 30m

Exhibition Halls F & G (Adelaide Convention Centre)

Poster AIP: Quantum Science and Technology Poster session

Speaker

Lachlan Bishop

Description

Indeterministic dynamics arise in the context of interacting systems near closed timelike curves. I will discuss a relevant scenario, the "billiard-ball paradox", and will provide solutions to a quantum formulation of the problem, showing in particular how indeterminism is resolved.

Presentation materials

AIPC2022_abstract_Lachlan_Bishop.pdf