Exact Results in Quantum Theory
Sala Duża Teoretyczna (229), ul. Hoża 69
Antonio Vassallo (Instytut Filozofii UW)
From Bohmian Mechanics to Bohmian Quantum Gravity
Bohmian mechanics represents an effective physical implementation of the bare formalism of quantum mechanics. It is a deterministic but non-local hidden variables theory which is able to reproduce all the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. Moreover, Bohmian mechanics avoids all the interpretational drawbacks of the standard Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics by providing a simple explanation for the appearance of wave-function collapses, superpositions and fluctuations at the quantum level.In this talk, I will consider the possibility of extending the Bohmian approach to the canonical quantum gravity programme and I will sketchhow a hypothetical theory of Bohmian quantum gravity should looklike. In the end, I will propose a straightforward interpretation ofthis theory which is able to overcome many conceptual problems related to the disappearance of spacetime at the Planck scale and its re-emergence in the continuum limit.