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arXiv:1909.10884

An Experimental Test of the Trajectory Predictions of Bohmian Quantum Mechanics

J. G. Cramer, Shahriar S. Afshar

Published Nov 30, 2023• 1 citation
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Abstract

We propose an experimental time-of-flight test of the photon "trajectory" predictions of the Bohmian version of quantum mechanics. The photon trajectories in free space, as predicted by Bohmian mechanics, deviate from expected straight-line paths, bending and turning corners in the presence of quantum interference. We propose an experiment using two such corner-turns that should, in principle, allow these hypothetical Bohmian photons to arrive at a timing detector earlier than conventional photons traveling on the straight-line paths predicted by standard quantum mechanics.

DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1909.10884

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