On Galilean and Lorentz invariance in pilot-wave dynamics
Quantum Physics
2009-11-13 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
It is argued that the natural kinematics of the pilot-wave theory is Aristotelian. Despite appearances, Galilean invariance is not a fundamental symmetry of the low-energy theory. Instead, it is a fictitious symmetry that has been artificially imposed. It is concluded that the search for a Lorentz-invariant extension is physically misguided.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0812.4941,
title = {On Galilean and Lorentz invariance in pilot-wave dynamics},
author = {Antony Valentini},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.4941},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
13 pages. Published in 1997, recently latexed