Questions tagged [bohmian-mechanics]
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Numerical Tools and Related Resoures for Bohmian Mechanics
I am trying to do some simulations using the de Broglie - Bohm formalism and am wondering if there are computational tools that already exist in this area.
I generally use Python, but will consider ...
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The Bohm interpretation and Schrodinger's cat
I was wondering how the Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics would affect the Schrodinger's cat experiment. Would it imply that the cat would be in one state and never in superposition, so the cat ...
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What is a 'wavicle?'
What is a wavicle? I learned in electronics class that electrons are little particles. In physics they even say that the electron orbits the nucleus thus exhibiting angular momentum. But in chemistry ...
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Why would Pilot-Wave be wrong?
If this question has already been asked or is super basic, apologies. I'm a physics novice and this is my first question on this side of the site.
In classical physics, waves and particles are ...
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What research (if any) is being done with regard to a hidden variable theory of quantum mechanics?
From Bell’s theorem and the Kochen-Specker theorem we know that any hidden variable model hoping to reproduce the predictions of quantum mechanics must be both non-local and contextual. What model ...
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In Bohmian Mechanics, is there a 1-to-1 relationship between particles and pilot waves?
In Bohmian Mechanics, do all particles have its own pilot wave, or can you have multiple particles on the same wave?
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If Pilot Wave Theory is non-local, how does the pilot wave change over time?
My understanding is that Bohmian Mechanics (pilot wave theory) is non-local, meaning that effects propagate faster than light. Are these effects in fact instantaneous in that model? How would an ...
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Pilot waves and quantum eraser; pilot wave simulation
I recently watched this video about the quantum eraser experiment on PBS spacetime: Link. Has an experiment like the quantum eraser been tried with the pilot wave theory, ie bouncing droplet ...
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Quantum momentum decomposition
Consider the time-dependent Schroedinger equation for a single non-relativistic particle with mass $m = 1$.
The kinetic energy of the system is
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T := \tfrac{\hbar^2}{2} \int |\nabla \psi|^2 dx
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What happens with QM particle at constant velocity? [closed]
In QM particles have wavefunctions that disperse quite fast.
The FWHM for gaussian wavepacket increases in time as $\Delta x(t)= \Delta x_0\sqrt{1+(t/\tau)^2} $, $\tau=2m(\Delta x_0)^2/\hbar$
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De Broglie- Bohm Quantum Theory
From what I have read the Standard Model of Particle Physics uses quantum mechanics,special relativity, along with other assorted mathematics to make predictions and provide a framework for QED, QCD, ...
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The Madelung equations are Euler equations for quantum mechanics. What is the Lagrangian description of quantum hydrodynamics?
The Madelung equations of quantum mechanics suggest the hydrodynamic model of quantum mechanics (quantum mechanics is described as a fluid of universes in a multiverse, which, in the non-relativistic ...
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Calculate the entropy per atom in Bohmian Mechanics
Bohmian mechanics description of a large number of interacting atoms would require a large phase space due to the large number of classical degrees of freedom. The entropy per atom is given as the ...
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Is Bohmian Mechanics incompatible with loop corrections?
For those who continue to be unsatisfied with Quantum Mechanics (QM), Bohmian Mechanics (BM) is an alternative worth considering. It is sometimes claimed that BM is equivalent to QM, but Lubos Motl ...
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Surreal Trajectories in Bohmian Mechanics [duplicate]
In February of this year, articles started popping up describing the results reported in this paper by Mahler et al: http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/2/e1501466.abstract
Taken from this ...
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