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Bohmian mechanics, a hydrodynamic formulation of the quantum theory, constitutes a useful tool to understand the role of the phase as the mechanism responsible for the dynamical evolution displayed by quantum systems. This role is analyzed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-30 A. S. Sanz

There is an increasing interest in the role of macroscopic environments to our understanding of the basics of quantum theory. The knowledge of the implications of the quantum theory to other theories, especially to the statistical mechanics…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michael Schulz , Steffen Trimper

I present a quantum-tunnelling oscillator model as a universal dynamical engine for two paradigmatic problems in quantum cognition theory -- optical illusion perception and group decision making -- where individuals are treated as…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-04-07 Ivan S. Maksymov

The behaviour of a single sub-millimetre-size water drop falling through a viscous oil while subjected to an electric field is of fundamental importance to industrial applications such as crude oil electrocoalescers. Detailed studies, both…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-09-29 Åsmund Ervik , Svein Magne Hellesø , Svend Tollak Munkejord , Bernhard Müller

Quantum turbulence shares many similarities with classical turbulence in the isotropic and homogeneous case, despite the inviscid and quantized nature of its vortices. However, when quantum fluids are subjected to rotation, their turbulent…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-06-23 Julian Amette Estrada , Marc E. Brachet , Pablo D. Mininni

Couder and Fort discovered that droplets walking on a vibrating bath possess certain features previously thought to be exclusive to quantum systems. These millimetric droplets synchronize with their Faraday wavefield, creating a macroscopic…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-01-19 Luiz M. Faria

A droplet bouncing on the surface of a vibrating liquid bath can move horizontally guided by the wave it produces on impacting the bath. The wave itself is modified by the environment, and thus the interactions of the moving droplet with…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-07-19 Rahil N. Valani , Anja C. Slim

Recent experiments on walking droplets suggest an underlying connection between fluid dynamics and the quantum mechanics. Such experiments may be used to support the de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave theory. In this paper we show that many…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-11-06 M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi

For decades, researchers worldwide have investigated phenomena related to natural, artificial oil leakages such as oil drop formation within water bodies, their rise, and oil slick evolution after they breach the water-air interface.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-10-30 Varun Kulkarni , Venkata Yashasvi Lolla , Suhas Tamvada , Sushant Anand

By quantising the background as well as the perturbations in a simple one fluid model, we show that there exists an ambiguity in the choice of relevant variables, potentially leading to incompatible observational physical predictions. In a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-25 Jaime de Cabo Martin , Przemysław Małkiewicz , Patrick Peter

A millimetric bouncing droplet sustained on a vibrating bath becomes a moving wave source (particle) through periodically interacting with the local wave field it generates during the droplet-bath impact. By virtue of such particle-wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-25 Jianbo Tang , Xi Zhao , Jing Liu

We simulate the transformation of a classical fluid into a quantum-like (super)-fluid by the application of a generalized quantum potential through a retro-active loop. This numerical experiment is exemplified in the case of a non-spreading…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Nottale , T. Lehner

This paper serves as a bridge between quantum computing and analogical modeling (a general theory for predicting categories of behavior in varying contexts). Since its formulation in the early 1980s, analogical modeling has been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Royal Skousen

The ontological aspect of Bohmian mechanics, as a hidden-variable theory that provides us with an objective description of a quantum world without observers, is widely known. Yet its practicality is getting more and more acceptance and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-07-01 A. S. Sanz

A recently proposed model of the Dirac electron, which describes observed properties of the particle correctly, is in the present paper shown to be also able to explain quantum interference by classical probabilities. According to this…

General Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Arend Niehaus

The quantum cosmology of the flat Friedmann-Lema{\^i}tre-Robertson-Walker Universe, filled with a scalar field, is considered in the de Broglie-Bohm (dBB) interpretation framework. A stiff-matter quantum bounce solution is obtained. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-24 G. S. Vicente , Rudnei O. Ramos , Vitória N. Magalhães

Active wave-particle entities (WPEs) emerge as self-propelled oil droplets on the free surface of a vibrating oil bath. The particle (droplet) periodically imprints decaying waves on the liquid surface which in turn guide the particle…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2024-12-24 Runze Xu , Rahil N. Valani

Droplets can self-propel when immersed in another liquid in which a concentration gradient is present. Here we report the experimental and numerical study of a self-propelling oil droplet in a vertically stratified ethanol/water mixture: At…

Since quantum feedback is based on classically accessible measurement results, it can provide fundamental insights into the dynamics of quantum systems by making available classical information on the evolution of system properties and on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Holger F. Hofmann

Walking oil droplets offer a qualitative, classical analog of single-particle diffraction. Making this analog quantitative has proven challenging, leading recent authors to conjecture that no classical pilot-wave model could exhibit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-01 David Darrow , John W. M. Bush