{"id":3609,"date":"2015-02-06T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thales.mit.edu\/bush\/?p=3609"},"modified":"2021-04-15T01:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T01:38:00","slug":"the-new-wave-of-pilot-wave-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thales.mit.edu\/bush\/index.php\/2015\/02\/06\/the-new-wave-of-pilot-wave-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"The new wave of pilot-wave theory. Physics Today, 2015."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide has-purple-background-color has-background-dim\" style=\"min-height:623px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1982\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/thales.mit.edu\/bush\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/PhysToday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6685\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tw-text-wide has-extra-small-font-size\">A decade ago, Yves Couder and Emmanuel Fort discovered that a millimeter-sized droplet may propel itself along the surface of a vibrating fluid bath by virtue of a resonant interaction with its own wave field, and that these walking droplets exhibit several features reminiscent of quantum systems. We here describe the walking-droplet system and, where possible, provide rationale for its quantum-like features. Further, we discuss the physical analogy between this hydrodynamic system and its closest relations in quantum theory, Louis de Broglie\u2019s pilot-wave theory and its modern extensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tw-text-wide has-small-font-size\">See paper:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thales.mit.edu\/bush\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Bush-PHYSICS-TODAY2015.pdf\">Bush, Physics Today (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tw-text-wide\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Press:   <a href=\"http:\/\/thales.mit.edu\/bush\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/NewScientist-April2017.pdf\">New Scientist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pilot-wave-hydrodynamics","category-hqa-reviews","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The new wave of pilot-wave theory. 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