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Strings, world-sheet covariant quantization and Bohmian mechanics

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The covariant canonical method of quantization based on the De Donder–Weyl covariant canonical formalism is used to formulate a world-sheet covariant quantization of bosonic strings. To provide the consistency with the standard non-covariant canonical quantization, it is necessary to adopt a Bohmian deterministic hidden-variable equation of motion. In this way, string theory suggests a solution to the problem of measurement in quantum mechanics.

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Nikolić, H. Strings, world-sheet covariant quantization and Bohmian mechanics. Eur. Phys. J. C 47, 525–529 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2006-02580-0

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