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Aurélien Drezet1, Arnaud Amblard1
1Institut Néel, UPR 2940, CNRS-Université Grenoble Alpes, 25 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
In this work celebrating the centenary of quantum mechanics, we review the principles of the de Broglie-Bohm theory (dBB), also known as pilot-wave theory. We assess the most common reading of it (the Nomological interpretation based on the notion of primitive ontology in tridimensional space) and defend instead a more causal and pluralistic approach, drawing on classical analogies with optics and hydrodynamics. Within this framework, we review some of the approaches exploiting mechanical analogies to overcome the limitations of the current dBB theory and perhaps quantum mechanics itself.
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