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Nonlinearity in Quantum Theory and Closed Timelike Curves

M. J. Cassidy

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9409003

Abstract

We examine consequences of the density matrix approach to quantum theory in the context of a model spacetime containing closed timelike curves and find that in general, an initially pure state will evolve in a nonlinear way to a mixed quantum state. CPT invariance and the implications of this nonlinearity for the statistical interpretation of quantum theory are discussed.

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