The reality in Bohmian quantum mechanics or can you kill with an empty wave bullet?

DOI10.1007/S10701-004-1945-2MaRDI QIDQ816121zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Lev Vaidman

Publication date 20 February 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0312227

zbMATH Keywords

Bohmian quantum mechanicsempty wavesmany-world interpretationprotective measurementssurrealistic trajectories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

Abstract: Several situations, in which an empty wave causes an observable effect, are reviewed. They include an experiment showing ``surrealistic trajectories proposed by Englert et al. and protective measurement of the density of the quantum state. Conditions for observable effects due to empty waves are derived. The possibility (in spite of the existence of these examples) of minimalistic interpretation of Bohmian Quantum Mechanics in which only Bohmian positions supervene on our experience is discussed.

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