Questions about the de-Broglie Bohm interpretation

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The forum discussion centers on the de Broglie-Bohm (dBB) interpretation of quantum mechanics, addressing key questions about the nature of the pilot wave, its influence on matter, and the implications of nonlocality. Participants express skepticism about the existence of the pilot wave in a high-dimensional space and seek clarity on how dBB reconciles with experimental observations, such as the double-slit experiment and the role of detectors. The conversation highlights the deterministic nature of dBB, contrasting it with other interpretations like Copenhagen and Many-Worlds, while emphasizing the need for a clear understanding of concepts like decoherence and nonlocal correlations.

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Hm.. yes, but not in this thread. I did not remember any definite outcome :) of these discussions, they were quite fuzzy. That is why I was asking for some kind of a Summary.
 
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Dmitry67 said:
Hm.. yes, but not in this thread. I did not remember any definite outcome :) of these discussions, they were quite fuzzy. That is why I was asking for some kind of a Summary.
OK!

For QCD and the scale problem, see
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2303228&postcount=18

For the Unruh effect, it is decoherence (i.e. interaction with the environment made up of objective Minkowski particles) that explains why the basis of Rindler "particles" becomes a preferred basis when the environment (measuring apparatus) is accelerated. Thus, there is some objective creation of Minkowski particles, but it is due to acceleration of objective particles existing before the acceleration. More details can be found in
http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/0904.2287
 

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