Simple proof for global existence of Bohmian trajectories

DOI10.1007/S00220-005-1302-0zbMATH Open1086.81012arXivmath-ph/0406030OpenAlexW2029738031WikidataQ62036761 ScholiaQ62036761MaRDI QIDQ2575375FDOQ2575375

Stefan Teufel, Roderich Tumulka

Publication date: 9 December 2005

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: 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 trajectories may end in finite time, for example by running into a node of the wavefunction, where the law of motion is ill-defined. The aim is to show, under suitable assumptions on the initial wavefunction and the potential, global existence of almost all solutions. We provide a simpler and more transparent proof of the known global existence result for spinless Schroedinger particles and extend the result to particles with spin, to the presence of magnetic fields, and to Dirac wavefunctions. Our main new result are conditions on the current vector field on configuration-space-time which are sufficient for almost-sure global existence.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0406030

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

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