FAQ about Bohmian mechanics – Introduction

Update: 2018-03-13

Description

This series is aimed at answering FAQs about Bohmian mechanics and is mainly intended for students. The text is available at
http://www.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de/~bohmmech/BohmHome/files/Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Bohmian_Mechanics.pdf

By Christian Beck, Robert Grummt, Florian Hoffmann, Sören Petrat, and Nicola Vona.
We are grateful to Martin Oelker who played the asking student, and to Nils Hansen and Stephan Kulla who filmed the videos.

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What are the surrealistic trajectories in Bohmian Mechanics?

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In Bohmian Mechanics one talks about the wave function of the universe. Why so?

2018-03-1404:58

Bohmian mechanics is deterministic, how does randomness come about then?

2018-03-1302:21

Is there a relativistic version of Bohmian mechanics?

2018-03-1301:18

Isn't the choice between Bohmian mechanics and standard quantum mechanics a philosophical problem?

2018-03-1301:13

Doesn't the electron in the Hydrogen atom fall into the nucleus?

2018-03-1300:43

FAQ about Bohmian mechanics – Introduction

2018-03-1300:16

Is Bohmian mechanics not a hidden variable theory disproved by the no-go theorems?

2018-03-1303:17

How does Bohmian mechanics account for spin and what's its role?

2018-03-1300:31

Do we see the Bohmian trajectory of a single particle in a cloud chamber?

2018-03-1301:40

Can one observe the trajectories of the Bohmian particles?

2018-03-1301:31

Can one observe the positions of the Bohmian particles?

2018-03-1302:04

What is a measurement in Bohmian mechanics?

2018-03-1303:07

How does one describe measurements in Bohmian mechanics?

2018-03-1301:52

What is the collapse in Bohmian mechanics?

2018-03-1301:47

Does a measurement reveal any preexisting property of a system?

2018-03-1301:05

How does Bohmian Mechanics account for the double slit experiment?

2018-03-1303:06

Isn't the Heisenberg uncertainty relation in contradiction to the existence of trajectories?

2018-03-1302:13

Why should we care about Bohmian Mechanics at all?

2018-03-1302:18

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FAQ about Bohmian mechanics – Introduction

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Martin Oelker

FAQ about Bohmian mechanics – Introduction