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Existence of trajectories for Bohmian mechanics

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We discuss the problem of global existence and uniqueness of Bohmian mechanics, focusing on the role played by the quantum probability flux. The relation to the self-adjointness of the Hamiltonian is alluded to.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut der Universität München, 80333, Munich, Germany

    K. Berndl & D. Dürr

  2. Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

    S. Goldstein

  3. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Firenze, Sezione INFN Firenze, 50125, Florence, Italy

    G. Peruzzi

  4. Dipartiniento di Fisica, Università di Genova, Sezione INFN Genova, 16146, Genoa, Italy

    N. Zanghi

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Berndl, K., Dürr, D., Goldstein, S. et al. Existence of trajectories for Bohmian mechanics. Int J Theor Phys 32, 2245–2251 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00672996

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