On a Common Misconception Regarding the de Broglie–Bohm Theory

We discuss a common misconception regarding the de Broglie–Bohm (dBB) theory; namely, that it not only assigns a position to each quantum object but also contains the momenta as “hidden variables”. Sometimes this alleged property of the theory is even used to argue that the dBB theory is inconsisten...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Passon, Oliver
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7512959/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33265530
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e20060440
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Sumario:We discuss a common misconception regarding the de Broglie–Bohm (dBB) theory; namely, that it not only assigns a position to each quantum object but also contains the momenta as “hidden variables”. Sometimes this alleged property of the theory is even used to argue that the dBB theory is inconsistent with quantum theory. We explain why this claim is unfounded and show in particular how this misconception veils the true novelty of the dBB theory.

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