Time Travel with Bergmann Bounce Propulsion: Integrating BBD, BMC, and BBR for Stable CTCs in Spaceships
Abstract
Time travel via closed timelike curves (CTCs) in General Relativity is plagued by paradoxes (grandfather paradox) and instabilities (Hawking's chronology protection conjecture). This paper integrates the Bergmann Bounce Drive (BBD), Bergmann Multi-Cycle (BMC), and Bergmann Bounce Relativity (BBR) to enable stable, paradox-damped time travel. BBD generates localized spacetime expansions for CTC formation, BMC provides cyclic resets to avoid causality violations, and BBR stabilizes CTCs through stochastic mini-bounces. Detailed derivations of the bounce-stabilized CTC metric, stability analyses against paradoxes, comparisons with classical CTC models, practical implementation for spaceships (e.g., Starship-like vessels with exawatt lasers), and a realistic feasibility timeline (prototypes 2100–2200, full time travel post-2200) are provided. Testable predictions include GW signatures at 10^{-16} Hz from bounce-damped loops. BBD/BMC/BBR transform time travel from speculation to engineered reality, unifying quantum gravity and propulsion.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Relativity and Gravitational Theory
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN