ON GALILEAN AND LORENTZ INVARIANCE IN PILOT-WAVE DYNAMICS

Authors
VALENTINI A
Citation
A. Valentini, ON GALILEAN AND LORENTZ INVARIANCE IN PILOT-WAVE DYNAMICS, Physics letters. A, 228(4-5), 1997, pp. 215-222
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
228
Issue
4-5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
215 - 222
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)228:4-5<215:OGALII>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
It is argued that the natural kinematics of the pilot-wave theory is A ristotelian. Despite appearances, Galilean invariance is not a fundame ntal symmetry of the low-energy theory. Instead, it is a fictitious sy mmetry that has been artificially imposed. It is concluded that the se arch for a Lorentz-invariant extension is physically misguided. (C) 19 97 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.