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陀螺在闭合类时曲线上的运动

Motion of a gyroscope on a closed timelike curve

Dublin City University(都柏林城市大学)

Brien C. Nolan

AI总结:

研究了陀螺在闭合类时曲线上的运动,证明了CTC周期性对自旋向量的影响,并探讨了陀螺运动的周期性现象。

摘要:

我们考虑了一个陀螺在闭合类时曲线(CTC)上的运动。将陀螺识别为一个单位长度的类时向量——自旋向量——该向量垂直于CTC的切线,并满足沿着曲线的费米-沃尔克运输方程。我们研究了运输方程系数的周期性带来的后果,这些系数的周期性源于CTC的周期性,假设CTC是分段$C^2$的。我们证明了每个周期为$T$的CTC至少允许一个$T$-周期性的自旋向量。进一步,要么每个其他自旋向量都是$T$-周期性的,要么没有其他向量是。因此,由CTC携带的陀螺要么都是$T$-周期性的,要么通常不是。我们考虑了允许CTC的时空例子,并探讨了对于这些CTC,$T$-周期性的陀螺运动是否普遍发生,还是仅在可忽略的集合上发生。我们从允许CTC的时空中的自洽原则角度讨论了这些结果。

英文摘要:

We consider the motion of a gyroscope on a closed timelike curve (CTC). A gyroscope is identified with a unit-length spacelike vector - a spin-vector - orthogonal to the tangent to the CTC, and satisfying the equations of Fermi-Walker transport along the curve. We investigate the consequences of the periodicity of the coefficients of the transport equations, which arise from the periodicty of the CTC, which is assumed to be piecewise $C^2$. We show that every CTC with period $T$ admits at least one $T-$periodic spin-vector. Further, either every other spin-vector is $T-$periodic, or no others are. It follows that gyroscopes carried by CTCs are either all $T-$periodic, or are generically not $T-$periodic. We consider examples of spacetimes admitting CTCs, and address the question of whether $T-$periodicity of gyroscopic motion occurs generically or only on a negligible set for these CTCs. We discuss these results from the perspective of principles of consistency in spacetimes admitting CTCs.

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