Romano, Davide (2015) Bohmian Classical Limit in Bounded Regions. [Preprint]
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Abstract
Bohmian mechanics is a realistic interpretation of quantum theory. It
shares the same ontology of classical mechanics: particles following continuous
trajectories in space through time. For this ontological continuity, it
seems to be a good candidate for recovering the classical limit of quantum
theory. Indeed, in a Bohmian framework, the issue of the classical limit
reduces to showing how classical trajectories can emerge from Bohmian
ones, under specific classicality assumptions.
In this paper, we shall focus on a technical problem that arises from the
dynamics of a Bohmian system in bounded regions; and we suggest that
a possible solution is supplied by the action of environmental decoherence.
However, we shall show that, in order to implement decoherence
in a Bohmian framework, a stronger condition is required (disjointness of
supports) rather than the usual one (orthogonality of states).
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| Additional Information: | forthcoming in L. Felline, F. Paoli, and E. Rossanese (eds.), New Developments in Logic and Philosophy of Science. London: College Publications. | ||||||
| Keywords: | Bohmian mechanics, classical limit, decoherence | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Depositing User: | Mr Davide Romano | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Mar 2016 14:48 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2016 14:48 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 11969 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics |
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| Date: | 2015 | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11969 |
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