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This is a list of selected publications and preprints by the members and their collaborators.

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• Non-relativistic Bohmian Mechanics:
• Introduction and Overview
• Bohmian Mechanics in General
• Quantum Equilibrium
• Bohmian Mechanics and Shape Dynamics
• Scattering Theory
• Global Existence
• Classical Limit
• Weak Measurements
• Numerical Quantum Mechanics
• Identical Particles and Topological Factors
• Relativistic Bohmian Mechanics:
• Relativistic Bohmian Mechanics in General
• Bohmian Mechanics and Gravity and Cosmology
• Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
• Relativistic Quantum Mechanics in General
• Bell's Process and Related Processes
• Other:
• Arrival Times
• Nonlocality
• GRW and Other Collapse Models
• Quantum Mechanics and Information
• Role of the Wave Function
• Philosophical Works
• Density Matrices and Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
• Historical Papers by Other Authors
• Miscellanea

Introduction and Overview   [Back to top]

• Bohmian Mechanics
  R. Tumulka
  In E. Knox and A. Wilson (editors), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Physics, Routledge (2022), pp. 257-271. arXiv:1704.08017

• Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics
  P. Pickl
  EPJ Web of Conferences 71 (2014).

• Bohmian Trajectories as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
  S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  In Pratim Chattaraj (editor): Quantum Trajectories, Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis (2010), pp. 1-16. arXiv:0912.2666

• Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  In F. Weinert, K. Hentschel, and D. Greenberger (editors), Compendium of Quantum Physics, Springer-Verlag (2009)

• Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  In D. M. Borchert (editor), Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Second Edition, Macmillan Reference USA (2005).

• Understanding Bohmian mechanics: A dialogue
  R. Tumulka
  Am. J. Phys. 72(9), 1220-1226 (2004). arXiv:quant-ph/0408113

• What is Bohmian mechanics
  V. Allori and N. Zanghì
  Proceedings of Biannual IQSA Conference, Cesena, Italy, March 31 - April 5, 2001. Intern. J. Theor. Phys. 43, 1743-1755 (2004). arXiv:quant-ph/0112008

• Bohmian Mechanics
  S. Goldstein
  Contribution to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. by E.N. Zalta (2001)

• Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr
  Proceedings for the Ischia 1999 conference, published by Springer-Verlag, Series Lecture Notes in Physics, Vol. 574 (2001).

• Bohmian Mechanics as the Foundation of Quantum Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  In Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal, edited by J.T. Cushing, A. Fine, and S. Goldstein. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (1996). arXiv:quant-ph/9511016

• A Survey of Bohmian Mechanics
  K. Berndl, M. Daumer, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Il Nuovo Cimento 110B, 737-750 (1995). arXiv:quant-ph/9504010

Bohmian Mechanics in General   [Back to top]

• Bohmian trajectories for the half-line barrier
  R. Dubertrand, J.-B. Shim, and W. Struyve
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 51, 085302 (2018). arXiv:1707.06173

• On the Explanation of Born-Rule Statistics in the de Broglie-Bohm Pilot-Wave Theory
  T. Norsen
  Entropy 20(6): 422 (2018). doi.org/10.3390/e20060422

• Chaotic Bohmian trajectories for stationary states
  A. Cesa, J. Martin, and W. Struyve
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 49, 395301 (2016). arXiv:1603.01387

• The Pilot-Wave Perspective on Spin
  T. Norsen
  American Journal of Physics, 82, 337 (2014). arXiv:1305.1280

• The Pilot-Wave Perspective on Quantum Scattering and Tunneling
  T. Norsen
  American Journal of Physics, 81, 258 (2013). arXiv:1210.7265

• Misleading signposts along the de Broglie-Bohm road to quantum mechanics
  M. Kiessling
  Foundations of Physics 40, 418-429 (2010). arXiv:0905.0681

• Feynman's Path Integrals and Bohm's Particle Paths
  R. Tumulka
  European Journal of Physics 26, L11-L13 (2005). quant-ph/0501167

• Absence of Chaos in Bohmian Dynamics
  S. Goldstein
  Phys. Rev. E60, 7578-7579 (1999). quant-ph/9901005

• Observables, Measurements and Phase Operators from a Bohmian Perspective
  M. Daumer and S. Goldstein
  Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Squeezed States and Uncertainty Relations, NASA conference publication no. 3219, pp. 231-238 (1993).

• On a Realistic Theory for Quantum Physics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Stochastic Process, Physics and Geometry, edited by S. Albeverio, G. Casati, U. Cattaneo, D. Merlini, and R. Moresi, World Scientific, pp. 374-391 (1992).

Quantum Equilibrium   [Back to top]

• How does Quantum Uncertainty Emerge from Deterministic Bohmian Mechanics?
  A. Solé, X. Oriols, D. Marian, and N. Zanghì
  Fluctuation and Noise Letters 15(3) (2016). arXiv:1610.01138

• On the Uniqueness of Quantum Equilibrium in Bohmian Mechanics
  S. Goldstein and W. Struyve
  Journal of Statistical Physics 128, 1197-1209 (2007). arXiv:0704.3070

• Quantum Equilibrium and the Role of Operators as Observables in Quantum Theory
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 116, 959-1055 (2004). quant-ph/0308038

• A Global Equilibrium as the Foundation of Quantum Randomness
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Foundations of Physics 23, 721-738 (1993).

• Quantum Mechanics, Randomness, and Deterministic Reality
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Physics Letters A 172, 6-12 (1992).

• Quantum Chaos, Classical Randomness, and Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 68, 259-270 (1992).

• Quantum Equilibrium and the Origin of Absolute Uncertainty
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 67, 843-907 (1992). arXiv:quant-ph/0308039

Bohmian Mechanics and Shape Dynamics   [Back to top]

• Quantum Motion on Shape Space and the Gauge Dependent Emergence of Dynamics and Probability in Absolute Space and Time
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 180, 92–134 (2020). arXiv:1808.06844

Scattering Theory   [Back to top]

• On the Quantum Mechanical Scattering Statistics of Many Particles
  D. Dürr, M. Kolb, T. Moser, and S. Römer
  Lett. Math. Phys. 93(3), 253 (2010). arXiv:1002.0984

• A Microscopic Derivation of the Quantum Mechanical Formal Scattering Cross Section
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, T. Moser, and N. Zanghì
  Commun. Math. Phys. 266, 665-697 (2006). arXiv:quant-ph/0509010

• The Flux-Across-Surfaces Theorem under conditions on the scattering state
  D. Dürr, T. Moser, and P. Pickl
  J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39, 163-183 (2006). arXiv:math-ph/0408014

• Asymptotic Behavior of Bohmian Trajectories in Scattering Situations
  S. Römer, D. Dürr, and T. Moser
  J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 38, 8421-8443 (2005). arXiv:math-ph/0505074

• Flux-Across-Surfaces Theorem for a Dirac Particle
  D. Dürr and P. Pickl
  J. Math. Phys. 44, 423-456 (2003). math-ph/0207010

• On the exit statistics theorem of many particle quantum scattering
  D. Dürr and S. Teufel
  Proceedings, Accademia dei Lincei, Rome 2002. quant-ph/0405007

• Scattering theory from microscopic first principles
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, S. Teufel, and N. Zanghì
  Physica A 279, 416-431 (2000). quant-ph/0001032

• On the role of the flux in scattering theory
  D. Dürr and S. Teufel
  Proceedings of the "International conference on infinite dimensional analysis and quantum physics" in Leipzig, January 18-22, 1999.

• The Flux-Across-Surfaces Theorem for Short Range Potentials and Wave Functions without Energy Cutoffs
  S. Teufel, D. Dürr and K. Münch-Berndl
  Journal of Math. Phys. 40(4), 1901–1922 (1999).

• On the quantum probability flux through surfaces
  M. Daumer, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 88, 967-977 (1997). quant-ph/9512016

• On the Flux-Across-Surfaces Theorem
  M. Daumer, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Letters in Mathematical Physics 38, 103-116 (1996).

• Scattering and the Role of Operators in Bohmian Mechanics
  M. Daumer, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  In: M. Fannes, C. Maes, A. Verbeure (eds.): On Three Levels: The Micro-, Meso-, and Macroscopic Approaches in Physics, NATO ASI Series B: Physics, Volume 324, Plenum, New York (1994), pp. 331-338.

Global Existence   [Back to top]

• Simple Proof for Global Existence of Bohmian Trajectories
  S. Teufel and R. Tumulka
  Commun. Math. Phys. 258, 349-365 (2005). math-ph/0406030

• On the Global Existence of Bohmian Mechanics
  K. Berndl, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, G. Peruzzi, and N. Zanghì
  Commun. Math. Phys. 173, 647-673 (1995). quant-ph/9503013

Classical Limit   [Back to top]

• On the classical limit of Bohmian mechanics for Hagedorn wave packets
  D. Dürr, and S. Römer
  Journal of Functional Analysis 259(9), 2404-2423 (2010). arXiv:1003.5159

• On the classical limit of quantum mechanics
  V. Allori and N. Zanghì
  Foundations of Physics 39, 20-32 (2009). quant-ph/0112009

• Seven Steps Towards the Classical World
  V. Allori, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Optics B 4, 482-488 (2002). quant-ph/0112005.

Weak Measurements   [Back to top]

• On the noise induced by the measurement of the THz electrical current in quantum devices
  D. Marian, N. Zanghì, and X. Oriols
  Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2016, 054011 (2016). arXiv:1602.06575

• Weak Values from Displacement Currents in Multiterminal Electron Devices
  D. Marian, N. Zanghì, and X. Oriols
  Physical Review Letters 116, 110404 (2016). arXiv:1508.00248

• Weak measurement from the electron displacement current: new path for applications
  D. Marian, E Colomés, N. Zanghì, and X. Oriols
  Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 647 (2015).

• On the back-action of THz measurement on the total current of quantum devices
  D. Marian, N. Zanghì, and X. Oriols
  International Workshop on Computational Electronics (2014).

• Weak Measurement and Bohmian Conditional Wave Functions
  T. Norsen and W. Struyve
  Annals of Physics, 350 (2014). arXiv:1305.2409

• Time-resolved electron transport with quantum trajectories
  G. Albareda, D. Marian, A. Benali, S. Yaro, N. Zanghì, and X. Oriols
  Journal of Computational Electronics 12(3), 405-419 (2013).

• On the Weak Measurement of Velocity in Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 134, 1023-1032 (2009). arXiv:0808.3324

Numerical Quantum Mechanics   [Back to top]

• Bohmian Grids and the Numerics of Schrödinger Evolutions
  D.-A. Deckert, D. Dürr, and P. Pickl
  In: Pratim Chattaraj (editor): Quantum Trajectories, CRC Press (2010), pp. 345-360.

• Quantum Dynamics with Bohmian Trajectories
  D.-A. Deckert, D. Dürr, and P. Pickl
  J. Phys. Chem. A 111(41), 10325-10330 (2007). quant-ph/0701190

Identical Particles and Topological Factors   [Back to top]

• Fermionic Wave Functions on Unordered Configurations
  S. Goldstein, J. Taylor, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  (2014). arXiv:1403.3705

• Quantum Mechanics in Multiply-Connected Spaces
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, J. Taylor, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 2997-3031 (2007). quant-ph/0506173

• Topological Factors Derived From Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, J. Taylor, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Annales Henri Poincaré 7, 791-807 (2006). quant-ph/0601076

• Are All Particles Identical?
  S. Goldstein, J. Taylor, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 38, 1567-1576 (2005). quant-ph/0405039

Relativistic Bohmian Mechanics in General   [Back to top]

• On Bohmian Mechanics, Particle Creation, and Relativistic Space-Time: Happy 100th Birthday, David Bohm!
  R. Tumulka
  Entropy 20, 462 (2018). arXiv:1804.08853

• Bohmian Mechanics for a Degenerate Time Foliation
  W. Struyve and R. Tumulka
  Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations 2, 349-358 (2015). arXiv:1505.02844

• On the Description of Subsystems in Relativistic Hypersurface Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr and M. Lienert
  Proc. R. Soc. A, 470, 2169 (2014). arXiv:1403.1464

• Can Bohmian Mechanics Be Made Relativistic?
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, T. Norsen, W. Struyve, and N. Zanghì
  Proc. R. Soc. A 470, 20130699 (2014). arXiv:1307.1714

• Bohmian Trajectories For a Time Foliation with Kinks
  W. Struyve and R. Tumulka
  Journal of Geometry and Physics 82: 75-83 (2014). arXiv:1311.3698

• On the zig-zag pilot-wave approach for fermions
  W. Struyve
  J. Phys. A 45, 195307 (2012). arXiv:1201.4169

• Can We Make a Bohmian Electron Reach the Speed of Light, at Least for One Instant?
  D. V. Tausk and R. Tumulka
  J. Math. Phys. 51, 122306 (2010). arXiv:0806.4476

• The "Unromantic Pictures" of Quantum Theory
  R. Tumulka
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 40, 3245-3273 (2007). arXiv:quant-ph/0607124

• Opposite Arrows of Time Can Reconcile Relativity and Nonlocality
  S. Goldstein and R. Tumulka
  Classical and Quantum Gravity 20, 557-564 (2003). arXiv:quant-ph/0105040

• Two Arrows of Time in Nonlocal Particle Dynamics
  R. Tumulka
  In S. Albeverio and P. Blanchard (editors): The Direction of Time, Springer (2014), pp. 57-62. arXiv:quant-ph/0210207

• Hypersurface Bohm-Dirac models
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, K. Münch-Berndl, N. Zanghì
  Physical Review A 60, 2729-2736 (1999). arXiv:quant-ph/9801070

• Locality and Causality in Hidden Variables Models of Quantum Theory
  S. Teufel, K. Berndl, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Physical Review A 56, 1217-1227 (1997). arXiv:quant-ph/9609005

• EPR-Bell Nonlocality, Lorentz Invariance, and Bohmian Quantum Theory
  K. Berndl, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, N. Zanghì
  Phys. Rev. A 53, 2062-2073 (1996). arXiv:quant-ph/9510027

Bohmian Mechanics and Gravity and Cosmology   [Back to top]

• Bohmian quantum gravity and cosmology
  N. Pinto-Neto and W. Struyve
  written for "Applied Bohmian Mechanics: From Nanoscale Systems to Cosmology", edited by Xavier Oriols Pladevall and Jordi Mompart (2018). arXiv:1801.03353

• Loop quantum cosmology and singularities
  W. Struyve
  Sci. Rep. 7, 8161 (2017). arXiv:1703.10274

• The Bohmian Approach to the Problems of Cosmological Quantum Fluctuations
  S. Goldstein, W. Struyve, and R. Tumulka
  (2015). arXiv:1508.01017

• Semi-classical approximations based on Bohmian mechanics
  W. Struyve
  (2015). arXiv:1507.04771

• Wheeler-DeWitt quantization and singularities
  F. T. Falciano, N. Pinto-Neto, and W. Struyve
  Phys. Rev. D 91, 043524 (2015). arXiv:1501.04181

• Quantum-to-classical transition of primordial cosmological perturbations in de Broglie-Bohm quantum theory: the bouncing scenario
  N. Pinto-Neto, G. B. Santos, and W. Struyve
  Physical Review D 89, 023517 (2014). arXiv:1309.2670

• Bohmian Mechanics at Space-Time Singularities. II. Spacelike Singularities
  R. Tumulka
  General Relativity and Gravitation 42, 303-364 (2010). arXiv:0808.3060

• Bohmian Mechanics at Space-Time Singularities. I. Timelike Singularities
  R. Tumulka
  Journal of Geometry and Physics 145, 103478 (2019). arXiv:0708.0070

• Quantum Spacetime without Observer: Ontological Clarity and the Conceptual Foundations of Quantum Gravity
  S. Goldstein and S. Teufel
  1999. In: Physics meets Philosophy at the Planck Scale, edited by C. Callender and N. Hugget, Cambridge University Press (2001). quant-ph/9902018

Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory   [Back to top]

• Creation Rate of Dirac Particles at a Point Source
  J. Henheik and R. Tumulka
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 56, 445201 (2023). arXiv:2211.16606

• Positron Position Operators. I. A Natural Option
  R. Tumulka
  Annals of Physics 443, 168988 (2022). arXiv:2111.12304

• Bohmian Trajectories for Hamiltonians with Interior-Boundary Conditions
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, S. Teufel, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Statistical Physics 180, 34-73 (2020). arXiv:1809.10235

• Pilot-wave approaches to quantum field theory
  W. Struyve
  Journal of Physics: Conference Series 306, 012047 (2011). arXiv:1101.5819

• Pilot-wave theory and quantum fields
  W. Struyve
  Rep. Prog. Phys. 73, 106001 (2010). arXiv:0707.3685

• A Dirac sea pilot-wave model for quantum field theory
  S. Colin and W. Struyve
  J. Phys. A 40, 7309-7342 (2007). quant-ph/0701085

• On Superselection Rules in Bohm-Bell Theories
  S. Colin, T. Durt, and R. Tumulka
  J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39, 15403-15419 (2006). quant-ph/0509177

• Bell-Type Quantum Field Theories
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 38, R1-R43 (2005). quant-ph/0407116

• Quantum Hamiltonians and Stochastic Jumps
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Communications in Mathematical Physics 254, 129-166 (2005). quant-ph/0303056

• Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 090402 (2004). quant-ph/0303156

• Trajectories and Particle Creation and Annihilation in Quantum Field Theory
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36, 4143-4149 (2003). quant-ph/0208072

Relativistic Quantum Mechanics in General   [Back to top]

• Time Evolution of the External Field Problem in QED
  D.-A. Deckert, D. Dürr, F. Merkl, and M. Schottenloher
  J. Math. Phys. 51:122301 (2010). arXiv:0906.0046

• On Adiabatic Pair Creation
  P. Pickl and D. Dürr
  Commun. Math. Phys. 282, 161–198 (2008). arXiv:0704.2133

• Adiabatic Pair Creation in Heavy Ion and Laser Fields
  P. Pickl and D. Dürr
  Europhys. Lett., 81:40001 (2008). hep-th/0609200

• Spontaneous Pair Creation Revisited
  P. Pickl and D. Dürr
  (2006). quant-ph/0602152

Bell's Process and Related Processes   [Back to top]

• Bell's Jump Process in Discrete Time
  J. Barrett, M. Leifer, and R. Tumulka
  Europhys. Lett. 72, 685-690 (2005). quant-ph/0506066.

• Global Existence of Bell's Time-Inhomogeneous Jump Process for Lattice Quantum Field Theory
  H.-O. Georgii and R. Tumulka
  Markov Processes and Related Fields 11, 1-18 (2005). math.PR/0312294

• The Analogue of Bohm-Bell Processes on a Graph
  R. Tumulka
  Physics Letters A 348 (3-6), 126-134 (2005). quant-ph/0508109

• Some Jump Processes in Quantum Field Theory
  R. Tumulka and H.-O. Georgii
  In J.-D. Deuschel, A. Greven (editors), Interacting Stochastic Systems, Berlin: Springer-Verlag (2005). math.PR/0312326

Arrival Times   [Back to top]

• On the Spin Dependence of Detection Times and the Nonmeasurability of Arrival Times
  S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  (2023). arXiv:2309.11835

• Arrival Time Distributions of Spin-1/2 Particles
  S. Das and D. Dürr
  Scientific Reports 9, 2242 (2019). arXiv:1802.07141

• Detection Time Distribution for Dirac Particles
  R. Tumulka
  (2016). arXiv:1601.04571

• Detection Time Distribution for Several Quantum Particles
  R. Tumulka
  Physical Review A 106, 042220 (2022). arXiv:1601.03871

• Distribution of the Time at Which an Ideal Detector Clicks
  R. Tumulka
  Annals of Physics 442, 168910 (2022). arXiv:1601.03715

• The role of the probability current for time measurements
  N. Vona and D. Dürr
  Chapter of the book "The Message of Quantum Science - Attempts Towards a Synthesis", Springer (2014). arXiv:1309.4957

• What does one measure, when one measures the arrival times of a quantum particle?
  N. Vona, G. Hinrichs, and D. Dürr
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 220404 (2013). arXiv:1307.4366

Nonlocality   [Back to top]

• Schrödinger's paradox and proofs of nonlocality using only perfect correlations
  J. Bricmont, S. Goldstein, and D. Hemmick
  (2018). arXiv:1808.01648

• The Assumptions of Bell's Proof
  R. Tumulka
  Pages 79-90 in: Mary Bell and Shan Gao (editors), Quantum Nonlocality and Reality - 50 Years of Bell's Theorem, Cambridge University Press (2016). arXiv:1501.04168

• What Bell Did
  T. Maudlin
  J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 47, 424010 (2014). arXiv:1408.1826

• Comment on: Maximal Violation of Bell Inequalities by Position Measurements
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, T. Maudlin, R. Schlenga, D. V. Tausk, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  (2014). arXiv:1408.1651

• Bell's Theorem
  S. Goldstein, T. Norsen, D. V. Tausk, N. Zanghì
  Scholarpedia, 6(10):8378 (2011).

• J.S. Bell's Concept of Local Causality
  T. Norsen
  American Journal of Physics, 79, 1261 (2011). arXiv:0707.0401

• Local Causality and Completeness: Bell vs. Jarrett
  T. Norsen
  Foundations of Physics, Vol. 39, Issue 3, 273 (2009). arXiv:0808.2178

• Einstein's Boxes
  T. Norsen
  American Journal of Physics, 73 (2), 164-176 (2005). quant-ph/0404016

GRW and Other Collapse Models   [Back to top]

• A Relativistic GRW Flash Process With Interaction
  R. Tumulka
  In: V. Allori, A. Bassi, D. Dürr, and N. Zanghì (editors): Do wave functions jump? Springer (2020), pp. 321-348. arXiv:2002.00482

• Matter Density and Relativistic Models of Wave Function Collapse
  D. Bedingham, D. Dürr, G.C. Ghirardi, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka and N. Zanghì
  J. Stat. Phys. 154: 623-631 (2014). arXiv:1111.1425

• On the uniqueness of the equation for state-vector collapse
  A. Bassi, D. Dürr, and G. Hinrichs
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 210401 (2013). arXiv:1303.4284

• The Quantum Formalism and the GRW Formalism
  S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  J. Stat. Phys. 149, 142-201 (2012). arXiv:0710.0885

• The Point Processes of the GRW Theory of Wave Function Collapse
  R. Tumulka
  Reviews in Mathematical Physics 21, 155-227 (2009). arXiv:0711.0035

• Comment on "The Free Will Theorem"
  R. Tumulka
  Found. Phys. 37, 186-197 (2007). quant-ph/0611283

• On Spontaneous Wave Function Collapse and Quantum Field Theory
  R. Tumulka
  Proc. Royal Soc. A 462, 1897-1908 (2006). arXiv:quant-ph/0508230

• Collapse and Relativity
  R. Tumulka
  340-352 in: Quantum Mechanics: Are There Quantum Jumps? and On the Present Status of Quantum Mechanics, editors A. Bassi, D. Dürr, T. Weber, N. Zanghì. AIP conference proceedings 844. American Institute of Physics (2006). quant-ph/0602208

• A Relativistic Version of the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Model
  R. Tumulka
  J. Stat. Phys. 125, 821-840 (2006). quant-ph/0406094

Quantum Mechanics and Information   [Back to top]

• Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Information
  S. Goldstein
  Foundations of Physics 40: 335-355 (2010). arXiv:0907.2427

• The Message of the Quantum?
  M. Daumer, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, T. Maudlin, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  29-132 in A. Bassi, D. Dürr, T. Weber and N. Zanghì (eds), Quantum Mechanics: Are there Quantum Jumps? and On the Present Status of Quantum Mechanics, AIP Conference Proceedings 844, American Institute of Physics (2006). quant-ph/0604173.

Role of the Wave Function   [Back to top]

• Reality and the Role of the Wavefunction in Quantum Theory
  S. Goldstein and N. Zanghì
  In: The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics, edited by D. Albert and A. Ney, Oxford University Press (2012). arXiv:1101.4575

• What is the meaning of the wave function?
  J. Bricmont
  In: Fundamental Interactions: From Symmetries to Black Holes, J.-M. Frère, M. Henneaux, A. Sevrin, Ph. Spindel (Eds.) (1999), pp. 53-67.

• Bohmian Mechanics and the Meaning of the Wave Function
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein and N. Zanghì
  In: Experimental metaphysics (Boston, MA, 1994), volume 193 of Boston Stud. Philos. Sci., Kluwer, Dordrecht (1996), pp. 25-38. quant-ph/9512031

Philosophical Works   [Back to top]

• Observables and unobservables in quantum mechanics: How the no-hidden-variables theorems support the Bohmian particle ontology
  D. Lazarovici, A. Oldofredi, and M. Esfeld
  (2018). arXiv:1805.07120

• The physics and metaphysics of primitive stuff
  M. Esfeld, D. Lazarovici, V. Lam, and M. Hubert
  The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 68(1):133–161 (2017). arXiv:1411.7545

• From the universe to subsystems: Why quantum mechanics appears more stochastic than classical mechanics
  A. Oldofredi, D. Lazarovici, D.-A. Deckert, and M. Esfeld
  Fluctuation and Noise Letters 15(3) (2016). arXiv:1604.00987

• The ontology of Bohmian mechanics
  M. Esfeld, D. Lazarovici, M. Hubert, and D. Dürr
  The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 65(4) (2014). arXiv:1406.1371

• Predictions and Primitive Ontology in Quantum Foundations: A Study of Examples
  V. Allori, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka and N. Zanghì
  The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 65: 323-352 (2014). arXiv:1206.0019

• Primitive Ontology and the Structure of Fundamental Physical Theories
  V. Allori
  In: The Wave Function: Essays in the Metaphysics of Quantum Mechanics, edited by D. Albert and A. Ney, Oxford University Press (2012).

• Many-Worlds and Schrödinger's First Quantum Theory
  V. Allori, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Br. J. Philos. Sci., 62 (1): 1-27 (2011). arXiv:0903.2211

• On the Common Structure of Bohmian Mechanics and the Ghirardi-Rimini-Weber Theory
  V. Allori, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, N. Zanghì
  Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 59, 353-389 (2008). quant-ph/0603027.

• È completa la descrizione della realtà fornita dalla meccanica quantistica?
  V. Allori, N. Zanghì
  (in Italian), Il Protagora 9, 163-180 (2007).

• Ontologie di particelle, campi e lampi
  V. Allori, N. Zanghì
  (in Italian), In E. Fano and M. Antonelli (editors), Strutture dello spazio tra fisica e psicologia, Teorie e Modelli XII, III, 9-29 (2007).

• Determinate Values for Quantum Observables
  R. Tumulka
  Brit. J. Phil. Sci. 58, 355-360 (2007). quant-ph/0605130.

• Are All Particles Real?
  S. Goldstein, J. Taylor, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 36(1), 103-112 (2005). quant-ph/0404134

• Naive Realism about Operators
  M. Daumer, D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Erkenntnis 45, 379-397 (1996). quant-ph/9601013

• Quantum Philosophy: The Flight from Reason in Science
  S. Goldstein
  Contribution to "The Flight from Science and Reason", edited by P. Gross, N. Levitt, and M. W. Lewis, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (1996). quant-ph/9601007

• Why Bohm's Theory Solves the Measurement Problem
  T. Maudlin
  Philosophy of Science 62(3), 479-483 (1995)

• Three Measurement Problems
  T. Maudlin
  Topoi 14(1), 7-15 (1995)

• Quantum Physics without Quantum Philosophy
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 26, 137-149 (1995)

Density Matrices and Foundations of Statistical Mechanics   [Back to top]

• The Problem of Boltzmann Brains and How Bohmian Mechanics Helps Solve It
  R. Tumulka
  In: E. Battistelli, R.T. Jantzen, and R. Ruffini (editors): Proceedings of the 15th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity (Rome 2018), Singapore: World Scientific (2022), pp. 540-545. arXiv:1812.01909

• On the Distribution of the Wave Function for Systems in Thermal Equilibrium
  S. Goldstein, J. L. Lebowitz, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  J. Statist. Phys. 125, 1193-1221 (2006). arXiv:quant-ph/0309021

• Smoothness of Wave Functions in Thermal Equilibrium
  R. Tumulka and N. Zanghì
  J. Math. Phys. 46, 112104 (2005). arXiv:math-ph/0509028

• On the Role of Density Matrices in Bohmian Mechanics
  D. Dürr, S. Goldstein, R. Tumulka, and N. Zanghì
  Found. Phys. 35, 449-467 (2005). arXiv:quant-ph/0311127

Historical Papers by Other Authors   [Back to top]

• On the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox
  J. Bell
  Physics 1(3), 195-200 (1964).

• Zum Wellen-Korpuskel-Dualismus (On Wave-Particle Duality)
  M. Renninger
  Zeitschrift für Physik 136, 251-261 (1953). The english translation "On Wave-Particle Duality" by W. De Baere is available as arXiv:physics/0504043.

• A suggested interpretation of the quantum theory in terms of "hidden" variables. II
  D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 85, 180-193 (1952).

• A suggested interpretation of the quantum theory in terms of "hidden" variables. I
  D. Bohm
  Phys. Rev. 85, 166–179 (1952).

Miscellanea   [Back to top]

• Obituary of Detlef Dürr (1951-2021)
  G. Bauer, D.-A. Deckert, P. Pickl, R. Tumulka, and S. Teufel
  International Association of Mathematical Physics: News Bulletin, pp. 44-46 (January 2022).

• Limitations to Genuine Measurements in Ontological Models of Quantum Mechanics
  R. Tumulka
  Foundations of Physics 52, 110 (2022). arXiv:2205.05520

• Long-Time Asymptotics of a Bohmian Scalar Quantum Field in de Sitter Space-Time
  R. Tumulka
  General Relativity and Gravitation 48, 2 (2016). arXiv:1507.08542

• On Quantum Potential Dynamics
  S. Goldstein and W. Struyve
  J. Phys. A 48, 025303 (2015). arXiv:1312.1990

• Quantum Theory: Interpretation Cannot be Avoided
  E. Dennis and T. Norsen
  (2004). quant-ph/0408178

• Quantum Theory Without Observers
  S. Goldstein
  Part One: Physics Today, 42-46 (March 1998). Part Two: Physics Today, 38-42 (April 1998).

• Does the Wave Function Provide a Complete Description of Physical Reality?
  S. Goldstein and J. L. Lebowitz
  The Physical Review - The First Hundred Years: A Selection of Seminal Papers and Commentaries, edited by H. Henry Stroke, AIP Press (1995). quant-ph/9512028

• Comment on "Surrealistic Bohm Trajectories"
  D. Dürr, W. Fusseder, S. Goldstein, and N. Zanghì
  Z. Naturforsch. 48a, 1261-1262 (1993). quant-ph/9512028

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