Questions tagged [bohmian-mechanics]
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Why do people still talk about bohmian mechanics/hidden variables [closed]
I was reading the Feynman lectures in physics and after thinking about it for a while it seems particularly unreasonable to talk about hidden variables. Let us say that the electron has some internal ...
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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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Flaws of Broglie–Bohm pilot wave theory?
I recently learned about an oil drop experiment that showed how a classical object can produce quantum like behavior because its assisted by a pilot wave. How has this not gained more attention? What ...
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How could quantum effects occur in the early universe without an observer?
In inflationary cosmology, primordial quantum fluctuations in the process of inflation are considered responsible for the asymmetry and lumpiness of the universe that was shaped. However, according to ...
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What is wrong with the De Broglie–Bohm theory a.k.a "Causal Interpretation" of quantum theory? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do people still talk about bohmian mechanics/hidden variables
I've heard of De Broglie–Bohm theory a.k.a causal interpretation of quantum theory. The predictions match ...
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Does recent paper show Bohmian mechanics is correct?
The following paper was recently featured in a German science magazine (Spektrum der Wissenschaft): "Experimental nonlocal and surreal Bohmian trajectories" (DOI:10.1126/science.1501466)
The abstract ...
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How do particles interact in Bohmian mechanics / pilot wave theory / de Broglie–Bohm theory?
I've read that in the de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of QM, the particle directed by its wavefunction has a trajectory (meaning both position and velocity) and that these are the only properties ...
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Accessible resources for learning Bohmian mechanics? (Undergrad)
I am an undergraudate physics and math major. For context, I've taken senior level quantum 1 as well as real and complex analysis. I'd be really interested in focusing on understanding the ...
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What are the similarities/differences between the behaviors of Quantum particles and bouncing droplets? [duplicate]
Bouncing droplets on a fluid surface show many weird behaviors of the quantum world. Look at this for example:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.6920
They can show tunneling, double-slit interference ...
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Can the pilot wave theory explain why the circumference of an orbit has to be an integer multiple of the wavelength of the electron orbiting it?
Consider the atomic model proposed by Bohr. The velocity of an electron at any orbit is given by the following equation:
$$v= n \dfrac{h}{2\pi mr}$$
Now, this equation stems from the fact that, quote, ...
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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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Couder-Fort Oil Bath Experiments and Quantum Entanglement Phenomena
The oil bath experiments of Couder and Fort have been able to reproduce various "pilot wave like" quantum behavior on a macroscopic scale. Particularly striking is the fact that the double-slit ...
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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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Shor's algorithm and Bohmian Mechanics
Do quantum computer's tell us anything about the foundations of quantum theory? In particular Shor argued in the famous thread by 't Hooft
Why do people categorically dismiss some simple quantum ...
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In the oil droplet experiments that suggest de Broglie’s pilot wave theory might be accurate, what does the fluid surface correspond to?
As a particle travels to a screen, it is traveling through 3-dimensional space. In the oil droplet experiment, there are only two dimensions of any importance—the droplet merely moves along the ...
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