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All measurable predictions of classical mechanics can be reproduced from a quantum-like interpretation of a nonlinear Schrodinger equation. The key observation leading to classical physics is the fact that a wave function that satisfies a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-18 H. Nikolic

In this chapter, we will take a trip around several hot-spots where Bohmian mechanics and its capacity to describe the microscopic reality, even in the absence of measurements, can be harnessed as computational tools, in order to help in…

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

A droplet bouncing on the surface of a vertically vibrating liquid bath can walk horizontally, guided by the waves it generates on each impact. This results in a self-propelled classical particle-wave entity. By using a one-dimensional…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-07-14 Rahil N. Valani , Anja C. Slim , David M. Paganin , Tapio P. Simula , Theodore Vo

Atypical, rare trajectories of dynamical systems are important: they are often the paths for chemical reactions, the haven of (relative) stability of planetary systems, the rogue waves that are detected in oil platforms, the structures that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-04-12 Cristian Giardina , Jorge Kurchan , Vivien Lecomte , Julien Tailleur

We show that Lagrangian measurements in active turbulence bear imprints of turbulent and anomalous streaky hydrodynamics leading to a self-selection of persistent trajectories - Levy walks - over diffusive ones. This emergent dynamical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-26 Rahul K. Singh , Siddhartha Mukherjee , Samriddhi Sankar Ray

We consider the canonical ensemble of $N$ particles admitting a strange Hamiltonian description. Each of the particles obeys a set of Newtonian equation of motion, which can also be described by the standard canonical Hamiltonian mechanics.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-06-11 Liu Zhao

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in Bohmian mechanics as a numerical tool because of its local dynamics, which suggest the possibility of significant computational advantages for the simulation of large quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Yair Goldfarb , Ilan Degani , David J. Tannor

Recently, Bohmian mechanics has been challenged [Nature 643, 67 (2025)] by studying a system in which the motion of particles cannot be associated only with the gradient of phase of the wave function. We point out that, in general, Bohmian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-14 Hrvoje Nikolic

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of recent work on pilot-wave approaches to quantum field theory. In such approaches, systems are not only described by their wave function, as in standard quantum theory, but also by some…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-07-18 Ward Struyve

It is shown that a class of exponentially decaying time-of-arrival probability distributions suggested by W{\l}odarz, Marchewka and Schuss, and Jurman and Nikoli\'c, as well as a semiclassical distribution implicit in time-of-flight…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-10 Siddhant Das , Ward Struyve

It is usual to identify initial conditions of classical dynamical systems with mathematical real numbers. However, almost all real numbers contain an infinite amount of information. I argue that a finite volume of space can't contain more…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-04 Nicolas Gisin

The extremely fascinating behaviors of the quantum walks of particles, which differ much from the classical counterparts, have attracted many physicists. Here we investigate another interesting part of the quantum walks, that is the quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-11-23 Tian-Li Feng , Yong-Sheng Zhang , Guang-Ming Zhao , Sheng Liu , Guang-Can Guo

When placed in parallel magnetic and electric fields, the electron trajectories of a classical hydrogen atom are chaotic. The classical escape rate of such a system can be computed with classical trajectory Monte Carlo techniques, but these…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-21 Ethan T. Custodio , Sulimon Sattari , Kevin A. Mitchell

Quantum polarization is investigated by means of a trajectory picture based on the Bohmian formulation of quantum mechanics. Relevant examples of classical-like two-mode field states are thus examined, namely Glauber and SU(2) coherent…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-02 Alfredo Luis , Angel S. Sanz

To date, quantum mechanics has proven to be our most successful theoretical model. However, it is still surrounded by a "mysterious halo" that can be summarized in a simple but challenging question: Why quantum phenomena are not understood…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2015-08-18 A. S. Sanz

The manipulation of mechanical waves is a long-standing challenge for scientists and engineers, as numerous devices require their control. The current forefront of research in the control of classical waves has emerged from a seemingly…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-07-04 Johan Christensen , Michael R. Haberman , Ankit Srivastava , Guoliang Huang , Gal Shmuel

Bohmian mechanics is a realistic interpretation of quantum theory. It shares the same ontology of classical mechanics: particles following continuous trajectories in space through time. For this ontological continuity, it seems to be a good…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-11 Davide Romano

The present article focuses on studying the extent to which the nonuniqueness that is inherent in the standard quantum mechanical calculation of arrival/transit time distribution can be exploited to enable an empirical scrutiny of any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-01-22 Dipankar Home , Alok Kumar Pan

Gravitational R\'enyi computations have traditionally been described in the language of Euclidean path integrals. In the semiclassical limit, such calculations are governed by Euclidean (or, more generally, complex) saddle-point geometries.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-23 Jesse Held , Xiaoyi Liu , Donald Marolf , Zhencheng Wang