Guiding Waves in Quantum Mechanics One Hundred Years of de Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory

Andrea Oldofredi, FCT Assistant Researcher, Centre of Philosophy, University of Lisbon

Andrea Oldofredi is currently Assistant Researcher at the Centre of Philosophy at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, where he is working on a project entitled Understand Nature: New Insights on the Ontology of Quantum Field Theory, concerned with the metaphysics of the quantum theory of fields, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Oldofredi also carries out research in the history of contemporary physics, focusing mainly on the developments of quantum interpretations. Prior to his position in Lisbon, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he obtained his PhD in Philosophy in November 2016.

PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE DE BROGLIE-BOHM THEORY AND REPLIES TO CRITICS1. Why isn't every physicist a Bohmian? Common objections and their response, Oliver Passon2. The trouble with pilot-wave theory: a critical evaluation, Antony Valentini3. The De Broglie-Bohm theory is and is not a hidden variable theory, Jean BricmontPART II HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES4. On the vicissitudes of Bohm's 1952 interpretation of quantum mechanics, Olival Freire Junior5. Why Bohm was never a determinist, Marij van Strien6. Against the 'nightmare of a mechanically determined universe': Why Bohm was never a Bohmian, Flavio Del Santo, Gerd Christian KrizekPART III PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSIONS7. Relativistic pilot-wave theories as the rational Completion of quantum mechanics and relativity, Valia Allori8. Processualism ahead of time: Bohm's understanding of physics, Emilia Margoni9. The (un)detectability of trajectories in pilot wave theory, Johannes Fankhauser10. The direction of time in Bohmian mechanics, Cristan Lopez, Michael Esfeld11. Bohmian Mechanics for quantum chemistry, Sebastian Fortin, Olimpia LombardiPART IV NONLOCALITY, EXTENSIONS OF THE DE BROGLIE-BOHM THEORY AND APPLICATIONS12. Local causality in the works of Einstein, Bohm and Bell, Aurélien Drezet13. A vision for a Bohm-style theory of quantum electrodynamics, Roderich Tumulka14. On the prospects of a de Broglie-Bohm-Barbour-Bertotti theory, Antonio Vassallo, Pedro Naranjo15. How weak values illuminate the role of 'hidden'-variables as predictive tools, Xabier Oianguren-Asua, Albert Solé, Carlos F. Destefani, Xavier Oriols16. Spin-aware movement of electrons and time-of-flight momentum spectroscopy, Siddhant Das