Do the laws of physics forbid the operation of time machines?

John Earman, Christopher Smeenk, Christian Wüthrich. Do the laws of physics forbid the operation of time machines?. Synthese, 169(1):91-124, 2009. [doi]

@article{EarmanSW09,
  title = {Do the laws of physics forbid the operation of time machines?},
  author = {John Earman and Christopher Smeenk and Christian Wüthrich},
  year = {2009},
  doi = {10.1007/s11229-008-9338-2},
  url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-008-9338-2},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/EarmanSW09},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {Synthese},
  volume = {169},
  number = {1},
  pages = {91-124},
}