Classical and non-relativistic limits of a Lorentz-invariant Bohmian model for a system of spinless particles

DOI10.1007/S10701-010-9413-7MaRDI QIDQ975388zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sergio Hernández-Zapata, Ernesto Hernández-Zapata

Publication date 9 June 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5254

zbMATH Keywords

Bohmian mechanicsconditional wave functionKlein-Gordon equationmulti-temporal formalismrelativistic quantum mechanicsspace-time probability density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic dynamics for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H40) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: A completely Lorentz-invariant Bohmian model has been proposed recently for the case of a system of non-interacting spinless particles, obeying Klein-Gordon equations. It is based on a multi-temporal formalism and on the idea of treating the squared norm of the wave function as a space-time probability density. The particle's configurations evolve in space-time in terms of a parameter {sigma}, with dimensions of time. In this work this model is further analyzed and extended to the case of an interaction with an external electromagnetic field. The physical meaning of {sigma} is explored. Two special situations are studied in depth: (1) the classical limit, where the Einsteinian Mechanics of Special Relativity is recovered and the parameter {sigma} is shown to tend to the particle's proper time; and (2) the non-relativistic limit, where it is obtained a model very similar to the usual non-relativistic Bohmian Mechanics but with the time of the frame of reference replaced by {sigma} as the dynamical temporal parameter.

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