Questions tagged [bohmian-mechanics]
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Can pilot wave theory explain the evolution and measurement of electron spin? [duplicate]
Pilot wave theory is usually employed to "explain away" the randomness of QM in the context of the motion of particles (the double slit experiment, scattering). However, what about other, ...
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Uncertainty Principle and Bohmian mechanics
The Uncertainty Principle is a relationship between measurements of pairs of attributes, position and momentum, as well as energy and time. Perfect precision of one attribute's measurement leads to a ...
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In Bohmian Mechanics, are non-local influences travelling through a medium?
In Bohmian Mechanics, there is an explicit notion of non-locality where one measurement outcome affects the other in quantum entanglement.
In the theory, is this influence traveling through some ...
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Is there a name for Bohmian pilot wave theory with an ensemble of jockey particles?
In Bohmian QM, the wave function $\psi$ is moving a classical point particle around. Without effort, it could also move a large
ensemble of particles (since there is no back reaction).
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Can particles popped into existence from the vacuum have electromagnetic effects on other particles?
I know my question might have problems, but I am curious about it. In quantum field theory, particle-antiparticle pairs continuously pop in and out of existence from vacuum. These particles have a ...
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Does Bohmian mechanics really solve the measurement problem?
I'm working a lot on Bohmian mechanics related theories and just realised something that had escaped me until now but actually seems to throw a wrench in the core idea of the theory. I tried to ...
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Gravitational Waves and Pilot Wave Theory
If gravitational waves interfere with each other, and gravity is the warping of spacetime by the presence of matter, wouldn't thus waves cause the interference patterns seen in the double slit ...
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How does pilot wave theory explain non-zero momentum measurements? [closed]
The momentum of particles in pilot wave theory is dependent on the phase of the spatial wave function, which is 0 for stationary states. This means that electrons in all excited stationary states of a ...
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What interpretations are ruled out by the Kochen–Specker theorem?
What interpretations are ruled out by this theorem (such as superdeterminism, Bohmian mechanics, or ensemble interpretations) and does it function similarly to Bell's theorem as a 'no-go' theorem?
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Can the Aharonov-Bohm experiment also be described by conditional probablilties, like the simple double slit?
The most attractive description of the double slit experiment for me is that in Beltrametti and Cassinelli's book.$^{[1]}$ The essence of their description is the following.
Beltrametti-Cassinelli ...
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Can Leggett-Garg inequality be used to falsify realist interpretations of quantum mechanics?
Can Leggett-Garg inequality be used to falsify superdeterminism, Bohmian mechanics and other realist interpretations of quantum mechanics?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leggett_inequality
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Are there testable predictions made by the Copenhagen interpretation that are incompatible with Pilot Wave or vice versa? [duplicate]
As of right now, whenever right now happens to be, has anyone identified any promising experiments capable of distinguishing between the Copenhagen interpretation and the Pilot Wave interpretation of ...
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Is Bohmian mechanics really incompatible with relativity?
This is something I've been wondering about. For those who don't know, Bohmian mechanics is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that is in the class of what are known as "hidden variable theories", ...
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Why can we not know the position of a particle in Bohmian Mechanics?
I can't seem to understand this. In Bohmian mechanics, particles have definite positions and are guided by a wave function governed deterministically by Schrodinger's equation. So if you knew a ...
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Measurement of Position in Bohmian Mechanics
In many formulations of Bohmian mechanics, researchers seem to claim that 1) measurements of observables such as spin are just measurements of the position of a pointer variable, such as the Stern-...
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