{ "id": "2104.11339", "version": "v1", "published": "2021-04-22T22:35:16.000Z", "updated": "2021-04-22T22:35:16.000Z", "title": "Preparation in Bohmian Mechanics", "authors": [ "Carlo Rovelli" ], "comment": "3 pages", "categories": [ "quant-ph" ], "abstract": "According to Bohmian mechanics, we see the particle, not the pilot wave. But to make predictions we need to know the wave. How do we learn about the wave to make predictions, if we only see the particle? I show that the puzzle can be solved, but only thanks to decoherence.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2021-04-22T22:35:16.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "bohmian mechanics", "preparation", "predictions" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 3, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }