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Bohmian particle trajectories contradict quantum mechanics

Quantum Physics 2009-03-24 v1

Abstract

The Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics adds particle trajectories to the wave function and ensures that the probability distribution of the particle positions agrees with quantum mechanics at any time. This is not sufficient to avoid contradictions with quantum mechanics. There are correlations between particle positions at different times which cannot be reproduced with real particle trajectories. A simple rearrangement of an experimental test of the Bell-CHSH inequality demonstrates this.

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@article{arxiv.0903.3878,
  title  = {Bohmian particle trajectories contradict quantum mechanics},
  author = {Michael Zirpel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3878},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 3 figures

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