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by UseofWeapons1 1254 days ago
Fascinating. The summary:

“On the one hand, according to the (generalized) standard canonical interpretation, the arrival distribution is considered as a generalized observable, which is described by a positive-operator-valued measure (POVM), satisfying some required symmetries [10, 11, 30, 31]. On the other hand, in the realistic- trajectory-based formulations of quantum theory, such as the Bohmian mechanics [32], Nelson stochastic mechanics [33], and many interacting worlds interpretation [34], the arrival time distribution could be obtained from particles trajectories [7, 18, 35, 36].”

I’d be interested to hear a definition of each of those interpretations.

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Bohm is the pilot-wave theory[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_wave_theory

If this paper is correct and we can experimentally verify different QM interpretations, then this is really groundbreaking stuff. I wonder why this news isn't everywhere.