Emergent Quantum Mechanics. David Bohm Centennial Perspectives

• Main Author: Walleczek, Jan (auth)
• Other Authors: Grössing, Gerhard (auth), Hiley, Basil (auth), Pylkkänen, Paavo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: non-locality; ultraviolet divergence; constraints; Kilmister equation; bohmian mechanics; epistemic agent; Bohmian mechanics; relational space; Feynman paths; Langevin equation; quantum causality; emergent quantum gravity; quantum ontology; interpretations; emergent quantum state; undecidable dynamics; molecule interference; emergent quantum mechanics; no-hidden-variables theorems; mind-body problem; physical ontology; quantum foundations; matter-wave optics; conscious agent; diffusion constant; Bell theorem; Burgers equation; objective non-signaling constraint; self-referential dynamics; Bell inequality; interpretation; photochemistry; Born rule statistics; sub-quantum dynamics; dynamical chaos; weak measurement; p-adic metric; Levi-Civita connection; David Bohm; H-theorem; the causal arrow of time; strong coupling; vortical dynamics; fundamental irreversibility; magnetic deflectometry; quantum thermodynamics; de Broglie-Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics; wavefunction nodes; stochastic quantum dynamics; entropic gravity; metrology; Schrödinger equation; gauge freedom; Monte Carlo simulations; micro-constituents; nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Bell's theorem; emergent space-time; spin; quantum field theory; time-symmetry; Gaussian-like solutions; Hamiltonian; number theory; fractional velocity; ergodicity; fractal geometry; atomic metastable states; operator thermodynamic functions; Canonical Presentation; Retrocausation; interpretations of quantum mechanics; Bohm theory; quantum mechanics; zero-point field; conspiracy; pilot wave; quantum holism; toy-models; curvature tensor; Aharonov-Bohm effect; computational irreducibility; Stochastic Electrodynamics; diffraction; retrocausality; resonances in quantum systems; stochastic differential equations; Bianchi identity; past of the photon; commutator; relational interpretation of quantum mechanics; free will; nomology; trajectories; primitive ontology; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; weak values; singular limit; interior-boundary condition; Poincaré recurrence; quantum inaccessibility; symplectic camel; surrealistic trajectories; observables; Stern-Gerlach; decoherence; quantum non-equilibrium; generalized Lagrangian paths; superdeterminism; black hole thermodynamics; nonlocality; measurement problem; entropy and time evolution; bouncing oil droplets; spontaneous state reduction; quantum theory; many interacting worlds; complex entropy.; Turing incomputability; iterant; space-time fluctuations; quantum potential; ontological quantum mechanics; photon trajectory; Dove prism; the Friedrichs model; contextuality; discrete calculus; transition probability amplitude; gravity; pilot-wave theory; matter-waves; de Broglie-Bohm theory; covariant quantum gravity; atom-surface scattering
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Emergent quantum mechanics explores the possibility of an ontology for quantum mechanics. The resurgence of interest in ""deeper-level"" theories for quantum phenomena challenges the standard, textbook interpretation. The book presents expert views that critically evaluate the si...