The density matrix in the de Broglie-Bohm approach

DOI10.1007/S10701-004-1985-7MaRDI QIDQ816130zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Owen J. E. Maroney

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/0311149

zbMATH Keywords

de Broglie-Bohm approachdensity matrix

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: If the density matrix is treated as an objective description of individual systems, it may become possible to attribute the same objective significance to statistical mechanical properties, such as entropy or temperature, as to properties such as mass or energy. It is shown that the de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum theory can be consistently applied to density matrices as a description of individual systems. The resultant trajectories are examined for the case of the delayed choice interferometer, for which Bell appears to suggest that such an interpretation is not possible. Bell's argument is shown to be based upon a different understanding of the density matrix to that proposed here.

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