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Justifying Born’s Rule Pα = |Ψα|2 Using Deterministic Chaos, Decoherence, and the de Broglie–Bohm Quantum Theory
- Source :
- Entropy, Vol 23, Iss 11, p 1371 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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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