Scalar waves in spacetimes with closed timelike curves

Date

2005

Author

Buğdaycı, Necmi

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The existence and -if exists- the nature of the solutions of the scalar wave equation in spacetimes with closed timelike curves are investigated. The general properties of the solutions on some class of spacetimes are obtained. Global monochromatic solutions of the scalar wave equation are obtained in flat wormholes of dimensions 2+1 and 3+1. The solutions are in the form of infinite series involving cylindirical and spherical wave functions and they are elucidated by the multiple scattering method. Explicit solutions for some limiting cases are illustrated as well. The results of 2+1 dimensions are verified by using numerical methods.

Subject Keywords

Electromagnetic theory.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12607107/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15852

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Theses