New Experiment Rules out Bohmian Mechanics. It’s Serious.
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In the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, everything is described by a wave-function. But according to Bohmian mechanics, quantum mechanics actually describes point-like particles that follow a guiding wave. In a recent paper, physicists ruled out Bohmian mechanics, settling a 70 years long debate. Let’s take a look.
Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09099-4
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