2017/10/09 by Hubert, Mario, Romano, Davide · 3 citations
#FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.03260
It is generally argued that if the wave-function in the de Broglie--Bohm theory is a physical field, it must be a field in configuration space. Nevertheless, it is possible to interpret the wave-function as a multi-field in three-dimensional space. This approach hasn't received the attention yet it really deserves. The aim of this paper is threefold: first, we show that the wave-function is naturally and straightforwardly construed as a multi-field; second, we show why this interpretation is superior to other interpretations discussed in the literature; third, we clarify common misconceptions.