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In this article a non--technical survey is given of the present status of Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory and interesting future directions of this approach are outlined. The topics covered are the universal structure of the local algebras…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-19 Detlev Buchholz

Entangled Relativity is a novel theory of relativity that offers a more economical approach than General Relativity. It successfully recovers both General Relativity and standard quantum field theory within a specific (yet generic) limit.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-09 Olivier Minazzoli

Bohmian mechanics offers a deterministic alternative to conventional quantum theory through well-defined particle trajectories. While successful in nonrelativistic contexts, its extension to curved spacetime-and hence quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-13 Mohamed Hatifi

In classical theory, the trajectory of a particle is entirely predetermined by the complete set of initial conditions via dynamical laws. Based on this, we formulate a no-go theorem for the dynamics of classical particles, i.e., a Bell's…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-12 Dragoljub Gočanin , Aleksandra Dimić , Flavio Del Santo , Borivoje Dakić

Bayesian inference is used to estimate continuous parameter values given measured data in many fields of science. The method relies on conditional probability densities to describe information about both data and parameters, yet the notion…

Methodology · Statistics 2025-03-25 Klaus Mosegaard , Andrew Curtis

In the above paper [1], it is claimed that Bohm's mechanics can be challenged by a simple gedanken experiment involving a protecting measurement. Here we show that this gedanken experiment can be justified without problem and without…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Drezet

Since Bohmian mechanics is explicitly nonlocal, it is widely believed that it is very hard, if not impossible, to make Bohmian mechanics compatible with relativistic quantum field theory (QFT). I explain, in simple terms, that it is not…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-10 Hrvoje Nikolic

In the framework of special relativity, all particles are point-like or string-like. This nature of particles has caused the divergence difficulties in quantum field, string and superstring theories. In the framework of special relativity,…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jian-Miin Liu

The paper explains why an ontology of permanent point particles that are individuated by their relative positions and that move on continuous trajectories as given by a deterministic law of motion constitutes the best solution to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-12-12 Michael Esfeld

Quantum mechanics and the theory of gravity are presently not compatible. A particular question is whether gravity causes decoherence - an unavoidable source of noise. Several models for gravitational decoherence have been proposed, not all…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-05-16 C. Pfister , J. Kaniewski , M. Tomamichel , A. Mantri , R. Schmucker , N. McMahon , G. Milburn , S. Wehner

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

Despite the unparalleled accuracy of quantum-theoretical predictions across an enormous range of phenomena, the theory's foundations are still in doubt. The theory deviates radically from classical physics, predicts counterintuitive…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-14 Art Hobson

I make a review on the aplications of the Bohm-De Broglie interpretation of quantum mechanics to quantum cosmology. In the framework of minisuperspaces models, I show how quantum cosmological effects in Bohm's view can avoid the initial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-04 Nelson Pinto-Neto

This paper presents nine inconsistency theorems for general relativity theory (GRT), and shows that they ultimately originate from the use of Riemannian curvature and the abandonment of universal invariance (which is stronger than the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ruggero Maria Santilli

The Bohm-Gadella theory, sometimes referred to as the Time Asymmetric Quantum Theory of Scattering and Decay, is based on the Hardy axiom. The Hardy axiom asserts that the solutions of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation are functionals over…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. de la Madrid

It is well known that orthodox quantum mechanics does not make unambiguous predictions for the statistics in arrival time (or time-of-flight) experiments. Bohmian mechanics (or de Broglie-Bohm theory) offers a distinct conceptual advantage…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-06-05 Siddhant Das , Markus Nöth , Detlef Dürr

The work argues the principle of equivalence to be a theorem and not a principle (in a sense of an axiom). It contains a detailed analysis of the concepts of normal and inertial frame of reference. The equivalence principle is proved to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Bozhidar Z. Iliev

The paper points out that the modern formulation of Bohm's quantum theory known as Bohmian mechanics is committed only to particles' positions and a law of motion. We explain how this view can avoid the open questions that the traditional…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2014-06-06 Michael Esfeld , Dustin Lazarovici , Mario Hubert , Detlef Dürr

A discursive, non-technical, analysis is made of some of the basic issues that arise in almost any approach to quantum gravity, and of how these issues stand in relation to recent developments in the field. Specific topics include the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Chris Isham

We will prove that, in general, a system formed by several particles moving along relativistic trajectories can not be described by a mechanical system. The contradiction that leads to the previous assertion is due to the fact that a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-07-12 Jesús Muñoz-Díaz , Ricardo J. Alonso-Blanco