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Energy and momentum conservation in Bohm's Model for quantum mechanics

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Title:	Energy and momentum conservation in Bohm's Model for quantum mechanics
Authors:	Hall, Bryan
Committee Members:	University of Western Sydney (Host institution); College of Science, Technology and Environment (Host institution)
Summary:	Bohm's model for quantum mechanics is examined and a well-known drawback of the model is considered, namely the fact that the model does not conserve energy and momentum.It is shown that the Lagrangian formalism and the use of energy-momentum tensors provide a way of addressing this non-conservation aspect once the model is considered from the point of view of an interacting particle-field system. The full mathematical formulation that is then presented demonstrates that conservation can be reintroduced without disrupting the present agreement of Bohm's model with experiment.
URL:	http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/717
Database:	OpenDissertations

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Abstract:	Bohm's model for quantum mechanics is examined and a well-known drawback of the model is considered, namely the fact that the model does not conserve energy and momentum.It is shown that the Lagrangian formalism and the use of energy-momentum tensors provide a way of addressing this non-conservation aspect once the model is considered from the point of view of an interacting particle-field system. The full mathematical formulation that is then presented demonstrates that conservation can be reintroduced without disrupting the present agreement of Bohm's model with experiment.