Can the ontology of Bohmian mechanics consists only in particles? The PBR theorem says no

DOI10.1007/S10701-023-00731-9MaRDI QIDQ6152095zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shan Gao

Publication date 12 February 2024

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-023-00731-9

zbMATH Keywords

particlesBohmian mechanicswave functionPBR theoremnomological viewrandom discontinuous motion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations, quantum information and its processing, quantum axioms, and philosophy (81Pxx) General mathematical topics and methods in quantum theory (81Qxx) General and miscellaneous specific topics (00Axx)

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