# Quantum Trajectories: Dirac, Moyal and Bohm

@article{Hiley2019QuantumTD,
title={Quantum Trajectories: Dirac, Moyal and Bohm},
author={Basil J. Hiley and Maurice A. de Gosson and Glen Dennis},
journal={Quanta},
year={2019}
}
• Published 23 October 2016
• Mathematics
• Quanta
We recall Dirac's early proposals to develop a description of quantum phenomena in terms of a non-commutative algebra in which he suggested a way to construct what he called quantum trajectories. Generalising these ideas, we show how they are related to weak values and explore their use in the experimental construction of quantum trajectories. We discuss covering spaces which play an essential role in accounting for the wave properties of quantum particles. We briefly point out how new…
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