On Bohmian Mechanics, Particle Creation, and Relativistic Space-Time: Happy 100th Birthday, David Bohm!
arXiv:1804.08853 · doi:10.3390/e20060462
Abstract
The biggest and most lasting among David Bohm's (1917-1992) many achievements is to have proposed a picture of reality that explains the empirical rules of quantum mechanics. This picture, known as pilot wave theory or Bohmian mechanics among other names, is still the simplest and most convincing explanation available. According to this theory, electrons are point particles in the literal sense and move along trajectories governed by Bohm's equation of motion. In this paper, I describe some more recent developments and extensions of Bohmian mechanics, concerning in particular relativistic space-time and particle creation and annihilation.
22 pages LaTeX, 8 figures; writeup of a talk given at the Bohm centennial conference EmQM17 in London, October 26-28, 2017; v2 major extension (Sections 3.2 and 4 added, Section 2.1 expanded to make it easier to read)
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