The Completeness of the Quantum Mechanical Description

Bohmian mechanics, which can also be called the de Broglie-Bohm idea, the pilot-wave mannequin, and the causal interpretation of quantum mechanics, is a version of quantum concept found by Louis de Broglie in 1927 and rediscovered by David Bohm in 1952. It is the easiest example of what is usually referred to as a hidden variables interpretation of quantum mechanics. In Bohmian mechanics a system of particles is described partially by its wave perform, evolving, as ordinary, in line with Schrödinger's equation. Nevertheless, the wave perform provides only a partial description of the system. This description is accomplished by the specification of the particular positions of the particles. The latter evolve in line with the “guiding equation,” which expresses the velocities of the particles when it comes to the wave function. Thus, in Bohmian mechanics the configuration of a system of particles evolves through a deterministic movement choreographed by the wave function. In particular, when a particle is shipped right into a two-slit equipment, the slit via which it passes and its location upon arrival on the photographic plate are completely determined by its preliminary place and wave function.