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Justifying Born’s Rule Pα = |Ψα|2 Using Deterministic Chaos, Decoherence, and the de Broglie–Bohm Quantum Theory

Authors :
Aurélien Drezet
Source :
Entropy, Vol 23, Iss 11, p 1371 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2021.

Abstract

In this work, we derive Born’s rule from the pilot-wave theory of de Broglie and Bohm. Based on a toy model involving a particle coupled to an environment made of “qubits” (i.e., Bohmian pointers), we show that entanglement together with deterministic chaos leads to a fast relaxation from any statistical distribution ρ(x) of finding a particle at point x to the Born probability law |Ψ(x)|2. Our model is discussed in the context of Boltzmann’s kinetic theory, and we demonstrate a kind of H theorem for the relaxation to the quantum equilibrium regime.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10994300
Volume :
23
Issue :
11
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Entropy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.473ca24e127e497fa693f04ace7eb9ed
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/e23111371