Allori, Valia and Duerr, Detlef and Goldstein, Sheldon and Zanghi, Nino (2002) Seven Steps Towards the Classical World. Journal of Optics B , 4. pp. 482-488.

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Abstract

Classical physics is about real objects, like apples falling from trees, whose motion is governed by Newtonian laws. In standard quantum mechanics only the wave function or the results of measurements exist, and to answer the question of how the classical world can be part of the quantum world is a rather formidable task. However, this is not the case for Bohmian mechanics,which, like classical mechanics, is a theory about real objects. In Bohmian terms, the problem of
the classical limit becomes very simple: when do the Bohmian trajectories look Newtonian?

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Allori, Valia vallori@niu.edu Duerr, Detlef duerr@rz.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de Goldstein, Sheldon oldstein@math.rutgers.edu Zanghi, Nino zanghi@ge.infn.it
Keywords:	classical limit of quantum mechanics; local plane waves; decoherence; Bohmian mechanics.
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr Valia Allori
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2012 13:16
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2012 13:16
Item ID:	9341
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Optics B
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Classical Physics Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	2002
Page Range:	pp. 482-488
Volume:	4
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/9341

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