Bohm potential is real and its effects are measurable

TL;DR

This paper presents evidence that Bohm's potential has measurable effects in quantum mechanics and optics, explaining early quantum phenomena and recent experimental observations of wave and particle acceleration.

Contribution

It provides both theoretical and experimental validation that Bohm's potential effects are real and observable in various physical contexts.

Findings

Bohm's potential explains early quantum phenomena

Experimental evidence shows wave and particle acceleration

Bohm's potential effects are measurable in optics and quantum mechanics

Abstract

We analyze Bohm's potential effects both in the realms of Quantum Mechanics and Optics, as well as in the study of other physical phenomena described in terms of classical and quantum wave equations. We approach this subject by using theoretical arguments as well as experimental evidence. We find that the effects produced by Bohm's potential are both theoretically responsible for the early success of Quantum Mechanics correctly describing atomic and nuclear phenomena and, more recently, by confirming surprising accelerating behavior of free waves and particles experimentally, for instance.