Re: Bohmian Mechanics Introduction
- From: "Zigoteau" <zigoteau@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 11 May 2005 13:23:11 -0700
Hi, Jason,
> A while back, I was introduced to something which I believe was
called
> Bohmian Mechanics (I think?). The whole idea of Bohmian mechanics was
to
> have an auxiliary function that somehow helped solve the Schroedinger
> equation. The example that I saw was the solution to the Harmonic
> Oscillator, and I believe the auxiliary function was F(x) = x.
>
> This was a long time ago before I had ever taken a quantum mechanics
class
> so I didn't realize how powerful this was.
I'm afraid you weren't paying attention. Bohmian mechanis does not help
solve the Schrödinger equation. Bohmian mechanics assumes that you've
already solved the Schroödinger equation, and then goes on to produce
particle trajectories with the correct quantum statistics. You've
already been given the details of his book. The one I like which puts
it in a bit of context is by J.S. Bell, "Speakable and Unspeakable in
Quantum Mechanics" Cambridge UP (1988) ISBN 0521368693.
Cheers,
Zigoteau.
.
- References:
- Bohmian Mechanics Introduction
- From: Jason Pawloski
- Bohmian Mechanics Introduction
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