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Bohmian prediction about a two double-slit experiment and its disagreement with standard quantum mechanics

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Published 15 June 2001 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation M Golshani and O Akhavan 2001 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 34 5259 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/34/25/308

0305-4470/34/25/5259

Abstract

The significance of proposals that can predict different results for standard and Bohmian quantum mechanics have been the subject of many discussions over the years. Here, we suggest a particular experiment (a two double-slit experiment) and a special detection process, that we call selective detection, to distinguish between the two theories. Using our suggested experiment, it is shown that the two theories predict different observable results at the individual level. However, at the ensemble level, their predictions are the same for a geometrically symmetric arrangement. On the other hand, we have shown that at the statistical level, if we use our selective detection, then either the predictions of the two theories differ or, where standard quantum mechanics is silent or vague, Bohmian quantum mechanics makes explicit predictions.

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