Bohmian Trajectories as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
Abstract
Bohmian trajectories have been used for various purposes, including the numerical simulation of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation and the visualization of time-dependent wave functions. We review the purpose they were invented for: to serve as the foundation of quantum mechanics, i.e., to explain quantum mechanics in terms of a theory that is free of paradoxes and allows an understanding that is as clear as that of classical mechanics. Indeed, they succeed in serving that purpose in the context of a theory known as Bohmian mechanics, to which this article is an introduction.
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@article{arxiv.0912.2666,
title = {Bohmian Trajectories as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Sheldon Goldstein and Roderich Tumulka and Nino Zanghi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2666},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages LaTeX, no figures. This is an introduction to Bohmian mechanics, intended particularly for chemists. To appear in Pratim Chattaraj (editor): Quantum Trajectories. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis (2010)