What you always wanted to know about Bohmian mechanics but were afraid to ask
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Bohmian mechanics is an alternative interpretation of quantum mechanics. We outline the main characteristics of its non-relativistic formulation. Most notably it does provide a simple solution to the infamous measurement problem of quantum mechanics. Presumably the most common objection against Bohmian mechanics is based on its non-locality and its apparent conflict with relativity and quantum field theory. However, several models for a quantum field theoretical generalization do exist. We give a non-technical account of some of these models.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0611032,
title = {What you always wanted to know about Bohmian mechanics but were afraid to ask},
author = {Oliver Passon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0611032},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Invited talk at the spring meeting of the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, Dortmund, 2006. Forthcoming in Physics and Philosophy