Bohmian Trajectories as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics

TL;DR

This paper reviews how Bohmian trajectories serve as a paradox-free, classical-like foundation for quantum mechanics, providing clearer understanding through Bohmian mechanics.

Contribution

It introduces Bohmian mechanics as a coherent, paradox-free interpretation of quantum mechanics based on Bohmian trajectories.

Findings

Bohmian trajectories underpin a consistent interpretation of quantum mechanics.

Bohmian mechanics offers a clear, classical-like understanding of quantum phenomena.

Abstract

Bohmian trajectories have been used for various purposes, including the numerical simulation of the time-dependent Schroedinger equation and the visualization of time-dependent wave functions. We review the purpose they were invented for: to serve as the foundation of quantum mechanics, i.e., to explain quantum mechanics in terms of a theory that is free of paradoxes and allows an understanding that is as clear as that of classical mechanics. Indeed, they succeed in serving that purpose in the context of a theory known as Bohmian mechanics, to which this article is an introduction.