Bohmian Mechanics

[Perpetual Student]

I have been intrigued by articles I have read recently about Bohmian mechanics.
It appears that both the Copenhagen interpretation and the alternative interpretation of David Bohm have serious counter intuitive aspects.
Would any of the physicists here offer their opinions as to the merits of Bohmian mechanics, which, I have been told, is as consistent with experimental evidence as is the Copenhagen interpretation?
I am a mathematician with an avid interest in physics.

[leon_heller]

There is also Everett's Many-Worlds interpretation. It was dismissed at the time, but it's now a mainstream theory. I saw a TV programme about Everett recently.

Leon

[Reality Check]

I have been intrigued by articles I have read recently about Bohmian mechanics.
It appears that both the Copenhagen interpretation and the alternative interpretation of David Bohm have serious counter intuitive aspects.
Would any of the physicists here offer their opinions as to the merits of Bohmian mechanics, which, I have been told, is as consistent with experimental evidence as is the Copenhagen interpretation?
I am a mathematician with an avid interest in physics.
Hi
There are many interpretations of quantum mechanics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretation_of_quantum_mechanics). They are all consistent with our current experimental evidence.
The Bohm interpretation is interesting but there are some criticisms.
There is the large number of hidden variables (namely the positions of every particle in the universe).
Bohm's interpretation requires one to pick a set of "priviliged" observables that are treated classically (i.e. position). But there is no experimental support that some observables are special.

[metamars]

I have been intrigued by articles I have read recently about Bohmian mechanics.
It appears that both the Copenhagen interpretation and the alternative interpretation of David Bohm have serious counter intuitive aspects.
Would any of the physicists here offer their opinions as to the merits of Bohmian mechanics, which, I have been told, is as consistent with experimental evidence as is the Copenhagen interpretation?
I am a mathematician with an avid interest in physics.

The excellent, free book (online; it's now been published and costs about $140) Quantum Theory at the Crossroads: Reconsidering the 1927 Solvay Conference (http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0609184) discusses Bohm's ideas. I have quoted from the book here (http://www.physforum.com/index.php?showtopic=16794&view=findpost&p=243814), including:


Despite this and other misunderstandings, in recent years the pilot-wave theory of de Broglie and Bohm, with particle trajectories guided by a physically-real wave function, has gained wide acceptance as an alternative (though little used) formulation of quantum theory. While it is still occasionally asserted that any theory with trajectories (or other hidden variables) must disagree with experiment, such erroneous claims have become much less frequent.