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A new quantum mechanical description of the dynamics of wave packet under continuous measurement is formulated via Bohmian mechanics. The solution to this equation is found through a wave packet approach which establishes a direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-01-26 Antonio B. Nassar

The question of the representation of quantum stationary partially polarized waves as random superpositions of different polarization ellipses is addressed. To this end, the Bohmian formulation of quantum mechanics is considered and…

Optics · Physics 2013-06-28 A. Luis , A. S. Sanz

In this review we deal with open (dissipative and stochastic) quantum systems within the Bohmian mechanics framework which has the advantage to provide a clear picture of quantum phenomena in terms of trajectories, originally in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-10 S. V. Mousavi , S. Miret-Artes

This is a non-technical presentation (in historical context) of the quantum theory that is strictly based on global unitarity. While the first part was written for a general readership, Sect. 5 may appear a bit provocative. I argue that the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2018-02-05 H. Dieter Zeh

I address the problem of explaining why wave functions for identical particles must be either symmetric or antisymmetric (the symmetry dichotomy) within two interpretations of quantum mechanics which include particles following definite…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-01-16 Charles Sebens

Bohmian mechanics is a non-relativistic quantum theory based on a particle approach. In this paper we study the Schr\"odinger equation with rapidly oscillating potential and the associated Bohmian trajectory. We prove that the corresponding…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Dandan Li , Jinqiao Duan , Li Lin , Ao Zhang

The paper explains why the de Broglie-Bohm theory reduces to Newtonian mechanics in the macroscopic classical limit. The quantum-to-classical transition is based on three steps: (i) interaction with the environment produces effectively…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2023-04-10 Davide Romano

A source of much difficulty and confusion in the interpretation of quantum mechanics is a ``naive realism about operators.'' By this we refer to various ways of taking too seriously the notion of operator-as-observable, and in particular to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Daumer , Detlef Dürr , Sheldon Goldstein , Nino Zangh\`ı

We perform the probabilistic analysis of the pilot wave formalism. From the probabilistic point of view it is not so natural to follow D. Bohm and to consider nonlocal interactions between parts of (e.g.) a two-particle system. It is more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrei Khrennikov

In our recent work (Sharoglazova et al., Nature 643, 67 (2025)), we reported the measurement of the speed of tunnelling particles using a coupled waveguide system. The measured speed was found to disagree with the standard guiding equation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Jan Klaers , Violetta Sharoglazova , Marius Puplauskis

An interpretation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics is presented in the spirit of Erwin Madelung's hydrodynamic formulation of QM and Louis de Broglie's and David Bohm's pilot wave models. The aims of the approach are as follows: 1) to…

General Physics · Physics 2012-11-28 Janne Mikael Karimäki

We generalize the de Broglie-Bohm (dBB) formulation of quantum mechanics to the case of quantum gravity (QG) by using the effective action for a QG theory. This is done by replacing the dBB equations of motion with the effective action…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-05 Aleksandar Mikovic

Is quantum mechanics about 'states'? Or is it basically another kind of probability theory? It is argued that the elementary formalism of quantum mechanics operates as a well-justified alternative to 'classical' instantiations of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-28 Jean-Michel Delhotel

In a previous paper, we obtained the functional form of quantum potential by a quasi-Newtonian approach and without appealing to the wave function. We also described briefly the characteristics of this approach to the Bohmian mechanics. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-11-27 Mahdi Atiq , Mozafar Karamian , Mehdi Golshani

A quantum mechanics representation based on position ($\vec{r}$), linear momentum($\vec{p}$) and energy($E$) eigenvalues is presented here. A set of equations, explicitly independent on wave function, was derived relating these observables.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-03-22 Jeconias Rocha Guimarães

Bohmian mechanics, also referred to as the de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory, represents a deterministic and nonlocal interpretation of quantum mechanics. Since its origination in 1927, despite many attempts, reconciling it with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-16 Yun-Fei Wang , Hui Wang , Tong Zhang , Yi-Teng Ye , Xiao-Yu Wang , Chao-Yang Lu , Jian-Wei Pan

Classical physics is about real objects, like apples falling from trees, whose motion is governed by Newtonian laws. In standard Quantum Mechanics only the wave function or the results of measurements exist, and to answer the question of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Valia Allori , Detlef Dürr , Shelly Goldstein , Nino Zanghí

Interpretations of quantum mechanics (QM), or proposals for underlying theories, that attempt to present a definite realist picture, such as Bohmian mechanics, require strong non-local effects. Naively, these effects would violate causality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-20 Ya Xiao , Yaron Kedem , Jin-Shi Xu , Chuan-Feng Li , Guang-Can Guo

Approximation methods for calculating individual particle/ field motions in spacetime at the quantum level of accuracy (a key feature of the Bohm Picture of Quantum Mechanics (BP)), are studied. Modern textbook presentations of Quantum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-04-17 A. Miranda

The goal of this contribution is to introduce the Hamiltonian formalism of theoretical mechanics for analysing motion in generic linear and non-linear dynamical systems, including particle accelerators. This framework allows the derivation…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Yannis Papaphilippou