I invite anyone with a knowledge of quantum physics to comment. I have an idea for a novel that has been taking shape. As a prudent writer, I cannot give away the plot or direction the story will take, but using my science aptitude I've always had and speculating (hypothesizing to you scientists) in the area of physics, I hope to create the illogical logic that can function satisfactorily in a work of fiction.
Postulating on the Possibilities of Time Travel
We perceive ourselves to live in a world of three dimensions. We can see in all directions, all sides, up and down, and forward and back. But, imagine living in a cube. We can move straight forward and back, right and left, but we cannot so easily move up and down because we are constrained by the forces of gravity; we cannot float to the ceiling to clean the cobwebs, just as we cannot float to the clouds with just our bodies to examine them more closely. If we were up, we could move downward quickly, but at the peril of our lives as we crash to the Earth.
Similarly with time, our minds can envision the past or imagine the future, but the laws of physics constrain our bodies to the present. H.G. Wells realized this in his book The Time Machine. If a machine can assist us to move up and down in our physical world, why not a similar, although more complicated, device or object that can enable us to move in directions of time?
The challenge of time travel from a view of scientific possibility might be solved through bending theoretical quantum physics. If one could harness anti-matter, perhaps suspended in a magnetic chamber, we could control the contact between positive and anti-matter. Physicists know that when elements of dark matter and matter from our physical universe collide, the result is a great release of energy that exceeds the relative energy released by nuclear and fusion reactions. However, if the amount of anti-matter could be controlled, could there be a non-destructive amount of energy released? The energy then could create a curvature in the fabric of space around an object. Physicists now know this bubble created around an object could still follow Einstein's laws of relativity and limits on the speed of light and yet create passage through space that exceeds the speed of light. In other words, a portal could be created that allows an object or person to travel in time.
Is this too far-fetched in the realm of quantum physics, or am I on the right path to understanding theoretical possibilities?
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