On Galilean and Lorentz invariance in pilot-wave dynamics
Abstract
It is argued that the natural kinematics of the pilot-wave theory is Aristotelian. Despite appearances, Galilean invariance is not a fundamental symmetry of the low-energy theory. Instead, it is a fictitious symmetry that has been artificially imposed. It is concluded that the search for a Lorentz-invariant extension is physically misguided.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- February 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0375-9601(97)00101-1
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0812.4941
- Bibcode:
- 1997PhLA..228..215V
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 13 pages. Published in 1997, recently latexed