Eliminating the wavefunction from quantum dynamics: the bi-Hamilton-Jacobi theory, trajectories and time reversal

DOI10.1007/S10701-022-00640-3MaRDI QIDQ2103376zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter Holland

Publication date 13 December 2022

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.09235

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum state spaces, operational and probabilistic concepts (81P16) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: 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 free-standing deterministic trajectory models, it is shown how quantum evolution may be treated as the autonomous propagation of two coupled congruences. The wavefunction at a point is derived from two action functions, each generated by a single trajectory. The model shows that conservation as expressed through a continuity equation is not a necessary component of a trajectory theory of state. Probability is determined by the difference in the action functions, not by the congruence densities. The theory also illustrates how time-reversal symmetry may be implemented through the collective behaviour of elements that individually disobey the conventional transformation (T) of displacement (scalar) and velocity (reversal). We prove that an integral curve of the linear superposition of two vectors can be derived algebraically from the integral curves of one of the constituent vectors labelled by integral curves associated with the other constituent. A corollary establishes relations between displacement functions in diverse trajectory models, including where the functions obey different symmetry transformations. This is illustrated by showing that a (T-obeying) de Broglie-Bohm trajectory is a sequence of points on the (non-T) HJ trajectories, and vice versa.

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