Misleading signposts along the de Broglie-Bohm road to quantum mechanics

DOI10.1007/S10701-009-9327-4MaRDI QIDQ972634zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Michael K.-H. Kiessling

Publication date 21 May 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0681

zbMATH Keywords

quantum mechanicsde Broglie-Bohm theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: Eighty years after de Broglie's, and a little more than half a century after Bohm's seminal papers, the de Broglie--Bohm theory (a.k.a. Bohmian mechanics), which is presumably the simplest theory which explains the orthodox quantum mechanics formalism, has reached an exemplary state of conceptual clarity and mathematical integrity. No other theory of quantum mechanics comes even close. Yet anyone curious enough to walk this road to quantum mechanics is soon being confused by many misleading signposts that have been put up, and not just by its detractors, but unfortunately enough also by some of its proponents. This paper outlines a road map to help navigate ones way.

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