Lagrangian description for particle interpretations of quantum mechanics: single-particle case

DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9918-1zbMATH Open1326.81023arXiv1411.3762OpenAlexW2306874517MaRDI QIDQ892944FDOQ892944

Authors: Roderick Ian Sutherland 

Publication date: 12 November 2015

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

Abstract: A Lagrangian description is presented which can be used in conjunction with particle interpretations of quantum mechanics. A special example of such an interpretation is the well-known Bohm model. The Lagrangian density introduced here also contains a potential for guiding the particle. The advantages of this description are that the field equations and the particle equations of motion can both be deduced from a single Lagrangian density expression and that conservation of energy and momentum are assured. After being developed in a general form, this Lagrangian formulation is then applied to the special case of the Bohm model as an example. It is thereby demonstrated that such a Lagrangian description is compatible with the predictions of quantum mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.3762

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zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian descriptionrelativistic quantum mechanicsretrocausalityBohm model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20)

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