Pilot-Wave Theory of Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
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In general pilot-wave theory describes a 'nonequilibrium' state that violates the Born rule.
“in general describes a 'nonequilibrium' state that violates the Born rule”
From De Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory: Many Worlds in Denial? (2008) · cites this paper as Valentini 1996
It has been argued at length that taking the quantum equilibrium distribution as an axiom is incorrect and deeply misleading.
“It has been argued at length that this is incorrect and deeply misleading”
From De Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory: Many Worlds in Denial? (2008) · cites this paper as Valentini 1996
For an ensemble with a 'quantum nonequilibrium' distribution, in general one obtains a distribution of final outcomes that disagrees with quantum theory (for as long as P has not yet relaxed to |Ψ|^2).
“in general one obtains a distribution of final outcomes that disagrees with quantum theory”
From De Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory: Many Worlds in Denial? (2008) · cites this paper as Valentini 1996
This terminology is misleading, because such procedures are - at least according to pilot-wave theory - generally not correct measurements: they are merely experiments of a certain kind, designed to respect a formal analogy with classical measurements.
“This terminology is misleading, because such procedures are - at least according to pilot-wave theory - generally not correct measurements: they are merely experiments of a certain kind, designed to respect a formal analogy with classical measurements”
From De Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory: Many Worlds in Denial? (2008) · cites this paper as Valentini 1996
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- Authors
- Valentini, A.
- Affiliations
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Valentini, Antony
- ORCID
- Valentini, Antony
- Venue
- Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Published
- 1996
- Pages
- 45-66
- ISSN
- 0068-0346 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1560785376
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 4.13
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Boston studies in the philosophy of science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Relativity and Gravitational Theory
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Keywords
- Bohmian mechanics, hidden variables, nonlocality, Bell's theorem, quantum statistics, uncertainty principle, gravity, cosmology
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