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In this study, we use the concept of Bohmian trajectories to present a dynamical and deterministic interpretation for the gravity induced wave function reduction. We shall classify all possible regimes for the motion of a particle, based on…

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It is known that a full description of Brownian motion in the entire course of time should incorporate both kinetic and hydrodynamic effects, but a formula accounts for both effects has been established only in three dimension and only for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-13 Hanqing Zhao , Hong Zhao

We observe that the Schrodinger equation may be written as two real coupled Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ)-like equations, each involving a quantum potential. Developing our established programme of representing the quantum state through exact…

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Quantum hydrodynamics is a formulation of quantum mechanics based on the probability density and flux (current) density of a quantum system. It can be used to define trajectories which allow for a particle-based interpretation of quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-12-02 Axel Schild

We seek an extension to Schrodinger's equation that incorporates the macroscopic measurement-induced wavefunction collapse phenomenon. We find that a suitable hybrid between two leading approaches, the Bohm-de Broglie pilot-wave and…

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The nonlinear Schrodinger equation is well known as a universal equation in the study of wave motion. In the context of wave motion at the free surface of an incompressible fluid, the equation accurately predicts the evolution of modulated…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-05 John D. Carter , Christopher W. Curtis , Henrik Kalisch

Hydrodynamic reformulations of the Schr\"odinger equation suggest an interpretation of quantum mechanics in terms of a fluid flowing on configuration space. In the discrete hydrodynamic view, this fluid is not fundamental but emerges from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Aric Hackebill , Bill Poirier

Bohmian mechnaics is the most naively obvious embedding imaginable of Schr\"odingers's equation into a completely coherent physical theory. It describes a world in which particles move in a highly non-Newtonian sort of way, one which may at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Detlef Dürr , Sheldon Goldstein , Nino Zangh\`ı

The Schrodinger equation is a mathematical equation describing the wave function's behavior in a quantum-mechanical system. It is a partial differential equation that provides valuable insights into the fundamental principles of quantum…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-22 Kourosh Parand , Aida Pakniyat

We address the question whether Bohmian trajectories exist for all times. Bohmian trajectories are solutions of an ordinary differential equation involving a wavefunction obeying either the Schroedinger or the Dirac equation. Some…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stefan Teufel , Roderich Tumulka

A unified form for real and complex wave functions is proposed for the stationary case, and the quantum Hamilton-Jacobi equation is derived in the three-dimensional space. The difficulties which appear in Bohm's theory like the vanishing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Bouda

Two essential shortcomings of the axiomatics of wave mechanics are revealed, which make its consistent interpretation impossible. The first is that the standard formulation of the superposition principle contradicts the exact solutions of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-20 N. L. Chuprikov

The wavefunction of a particle is obtained from its intermediate states and interaction processes considered as happening concurrently. When the interaction is described by a potential, the energy of the particle is equal to its total…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-18 Spyros Efthimiades

Multi-time wave functions are wave functions that have a time variable for every particle, such as $\phi(t_1,x_1,\ldots,t_N,x_N)$. They arise as a relativistic analog of the wave functions of quantum mechanics but can be applied also in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-03-28 Sören Petrat , Roderich Tumulka

Bohmian mechanics is a causal interpretation of quantum mechanics in which particles describe trajectories guided by the wave function. The dynamics in the vicinity of nodes of the wave function, usually called vortices, is regular if they…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Diego A. Wisniacki , Enrique R. Pujals

A new approach to find exact solutions to one--dimensional quantum mechanical systems is devised. The scheme is based on the introduction of a potential function for the wavefunction, and the equation it satisfies. We recover known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-08 Sergio A. Hojman , Felipe A. Asenjo

A one-electron Schroedinger equation based on special one-electron potentials for atoms is shown to exist that produces orbitals for an arbitrary molecule that are sufficiently accurate to be used without modification to construct single-…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-05-16 Jerry L. Whitten

Although the foundations of the hydrodynamical formulation of quantum mechanics were laid over 50 years ago, it has only been within the past few years that viable computational implementations have been developed. One approach to solving…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert E. Wyatt , Eric R. Bittner

The propagation of nonrelativistic excitations in material media with topological defects can be modeled in terms of an external torsion field modifying the Schroedinger equation. Through a perturbative approach, we find a solution for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-12-22 Eduardo Bittencourt , Alexsandre L. Ferreira Junior , Iarley P. Lobo

The theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics and de Broglie-Bohm mechanics are analyzed and it is shown that both theories employ a formal approach to microphysics. By using a realistic approach it can be established that the internal…

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