Naslov
Bohmian mechanics for instrumentalists

Autori
Nikolić, Hrvoje

Izvornik
International journal of quantum information (0219-7499) 17 (2019), 8; 1950029, 20

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Bohmian mechanics ; relativistic QFT ; effective theories ; condensed matter physics

Sažetak
We formulate Bohmian mechanics (BM) such that the main objects of concern are macroscopic phenomena, while microscopic particle trajectories only play an auxiliary role. Such a formulation makes it easy to understand why BM always makes the same measurable predictions as standard quantum mechanics (QM), irrespective of the details of microscopic trajectories. Relativistic quantum ̄eld theory (QFT) is interpreted as an effective long- distance theory that at smaller distances must be replaced by some more fundamental theory. Analogy with condensed-matter physics suggests that this more fundamental theory could have a form of nonrelativistic QM, offering a simple generic resolution of an apparent conflict between BM and relativistic QFT.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika

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