English

Can a Bohmian be a Rovellian for all practical purposes?

Quantum Physics 2023-02-22 v1 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss the preferred basis problem in relational quantum mechanics (RQM). The issue is at the heart of quantum mechanics and we first show that the mathematical formalism of RQM is immune to recent critics concerning consistency. Moreover, we also analyse the notion of interaction in RQM and provide a For All Practical Purposes (FAPP) reading of RQM comparing it with Bohmian mechanics.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2302.10597,
  title  = {Can a Bohmian be a Rovellian for all practical purposes?},
  author = {Aurélien Drezet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.10597},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

9 pages; this is a preprint version of an article published in Foundations of Physics