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A Bohmian approach to quantum fractals

Quantum Physics 2010-03-03 v2 Atomic Physics

Abstract

A quantum fractal is a wavefunction with a real and an imaginary part continuous everywhere, but differentiable nowhere. This lack of differentiability has been used as an argument to deny the general validity of Bohmian mechanics (and other trajectory--based approaches) in providing a complete interpretation of quantum mechanics. Here, this assertion is overcome by means of a formal extension of Bohmian mechanics based on a limiting approach. Within this novel formulation, the particle dynamics is always satisfactorily described by a well defined equation of motion. In particular, in the case of guidance under quantum fractals, the corresponding trajectories will also be fractal.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0412050,
  title  = {A Bohmian approach to quantum fractals},
  author = {A. S. Sanz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0412050},
  year   = {2010}
}

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19 pages, 3 figures (revised version)

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