Reprint
Emergent Quantum Mechanics
David Bohm Centennial Perspectives
Edited by
April 2019
544 pages
- ISBN978-3-03897-616-5 (Paperback)
- ISBN978-3-03897-617-2 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Emergent Quantum Mechanics – David Bohm Centennial Perspectives that was published in
Chemistry & Materials Science
Computer Science & Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Summary
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 significance—for 21st century physics—of ontological quantum mechanics, an approach that David Bohm helped pioneer. The possibility of a deterministic quantum theory was first introduced with the original de Broglie-Bohm theory, which has also been developed as Bohmian mechanics. The wide range of perspectives that were contributed to this book on the occasion of David Bohm’s centennial celebration provide ample evidence for the physical consistency of ontological quantum mechanics. The book addresses deeper-level questions such as the following: Is reality intrinsically random or fundamentally interconnected? Is the universe local or nonlocal? Might a radically new conception of reality include a form of quantum causality or quantum ontology? What is the role of the experimenter agent? As the book demonstrates, the advancement of ‘quantum ontology’—as a scientific concept—marks a clear break with classical reality. The search for quantum reality entails unconventional causal structures and non-classical ontology, which can be fully consistent with the known record of quantum observations in the laboratory.
Format
- Paperback
License
© 2019 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
quantum foundations; nonlocality; retrocausality; Bell’s theorem; Bohmian mechanics; quantum theory; surrealistic trajectories; Bell inequality; quantum mechanics; generalized Lagrangian paths; covariant quantum gravity; emergent space-time; Gaussian-like solutions; entropy and time evolution; resonances in quantum systems; the Friedrichs model; complex entropy.; Bell’s theorem; the causal arrow of time; retrocausality; superdeterminism; toy-models; quantum ontology; sub-quantum dynamics; micro-constituents; emergent space-time; emergent quantum gravity; entropic gravity; black hole thermodynamics; Stern-Gerlach; trajectories; spin; Bell theorem; fractal geometry; p-adic metric; singular limit; gravity; conspiracy; free will; number theory; quantum potential; Feynman paths; weak values; Bohm theory; no-hidden-variables theorems; observables; measurement problem; Bohmian mechanics; primitive ontology; Retrocausation; weak values; Stochastic Electrodynamics; quantum mechanics; decoherence; interpretations; pilot-wave theory; Bohmian mechanics; Born rule statistics; measurement problem; quantum thermodynamics; strong coupling; operator thermodynamic functions; quantum theory; de Broglie–Bohm theory; contextuality; atom-surface scattering; bohmian mechanics; matter-wave optics; diffraction; vortical dynamics; Schrödinger equation; de Broglie–Bohm theory; nonequilibrium thermodynamics; zero-point field; de Broglie–Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics; pilot wave; interior-boundary condition; ultraviolet divergence; quantum field theory; Aharonov–Bohm effect; physical ontology; nomology; interpretation; gauge freedom; Canonical Presentation; relational space; relational interpretation of quantum mechanics; measurement problem; non-locality; discrete calculus; iterant; commutator; diffusion constant; Levi-Civita connection; curvature tensor; constraints; Kilmister equation; Bianchi identity; stochastic differential equations; Monte Carlo simulations; Burgers equation; Langevin equation; fractional velocity; interpretations of quantum mechanics; David Bohm; mind–body problem; quantum holism; fundamental irreversibility; space-time fluctuations; spontaneous state reduction; Poincaré recurrence; symplectic camel; quantum mechanics; Hamiltonian; molecule interference; matter-waves; metrology; magnetic deflectometry; photochemistry; past of the photon; Mach–Zehnder interferometer; Dove prism; photon trajectory; weak measurement; transition probability amplitude; atomic metastable states; Bell’s theorem; Bohmian mechanics; nonlocality; many interacting worlds; wavefunction nodes; bouncing oil droplets; stochastic quantum dynamics; de Broglie–Bohm theory; quantum non-equilibrium; H-theorem; ergodicity; ontological quantum mechanics; objective non-signaling constraint; quantum inaccessibility; epistemic agent; emergent quantum state; self-referential dynamics; dynamical chaos; computational irreducibility; undecidable dynamics; Turing incomputability; quantum ontology; nonlocality; time-symmetry; retrocausality; quantum causality; conscious agent; emergent quantum mechanics; Bohmian mechanics; de Broglie-Bohm theory