Remarks on identical particles in de Broglie–Bohm theory
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It is argued that the topological approach to the (anti-)symmetrisation condition for the quantum state of a collection of identical particles, defined in the ‘reduced’ configuration space, is particularly natural from the perspective of de Broglie–Bohm pilot-wave theory. Typeset using REVTEX Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, 10 Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JJ, U.K. (e-mail: [email protected]). Department of Quantum Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 518, S–75120 Uppsala, Sweden (e-mail: [email protected]). Sub-Faculty of Philosophy, Oxford University, 10 Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4JJ, U.K. (e-mail: [email protected]).
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