Homepage of Ward Struyve

Postdoctoral Fellow
Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica
Departement Natuurkunde en Sterrrenkunde
K.U.Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200D - bus 2415
B-3001 Leuven, België

e-mail: Ward.Struyve @ fys.kuleuven.be
office phone: +32 16 327242
departemental fax: +32 16 327986

Research in the foundations of quantum theory

Academic Positions
2004-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, Perimeter Insitute, Waterloo, Canada

Education
2000 - 2004: Ph.D. in Physics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
1998 - 2000: M.Sc. in Mathematics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
1996 - 1998: B.Sc. in Mathematics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Preprints and publications

On the zig-zag pilot-wave approach for fermions
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 45, 195307 (2012)
arXiv:1201.4169v2 [abstract, PDF]

The quantum-to-classical transition of primordial cosmological perturbations
with N. Pinto-Neto, G. Santos
Physical Review D 85, 083506 (2012)
arXiv:1110.1339v2 [abstract PDF]

Gauge invariant accounts of the Higgs mechanism
Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 42, 226-236 (2011)
arXiv:1102.0468v2 [abstract PDF]

Pilot-wave approaches to quantum field theory
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 306, 012047 (2011)
arXiv:1101.5819v1 [abstract, PDF]

Quantum non-equilibrium and relaxation to equilibrium for a class of de Broglie-Bohm-type theories
with S. Colin
New Journal of Physics 12, 043008 (2010)
arXiv:0911.2823v2 [abstract, PDF]

On Epstein's trajectory model of non-relativistic quantum mechanics
Foundations of Physics 40(11), 1700-1711 (2010)
arXiv:0907.5373 [abstract, PS, PDF]

De Broglie-Bohm Guidance Equations for Arbitrary Hamiltonians
with A. Valentini
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 42, 035301 (2009)
arXiv:0808.0290v3 [abstract, PS, PDF]

Pilot-wave theory and quantum fields
Reports on Progress in Physics 73, 106001(2010)
arXiv:0707.3685v4 [abstract, PS, PDF]

A minimalist pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics
with H. Westman
Proceedings of the Royal Society A 463, 3115-3129 (2007)
arXiv:0707.3487v2 [abstract, PS, PDF]

On the Uniqueness of Quantum Equilibrium in Bohmian Mechanics
with S. Goldstein
Journal of Statistical Physics 128, 1197-1209 (2007)
arXiv:0704.3070 [abstract, PS, PDF]

A Dirac sea pilot-wave model for quantum field theory
with S. Colin
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 40, 7309-7341 (2007)
arXiv:quant-ph/0701085v2 [abstract, PS, PDF]

A new pilot-wave model for quantum field theory
with H. Westman
in Quantum Mechanics: Are there Quantum Jumps? and On the Present Status of Quantum Mechanics, eds. A. Bassi, D. Dürr, T. Weber and N. Zanghì, AIP Conference Proceedings 844, 321-339 (2006)
arXiv:quant-ph/0602229 [abstract, PS, PDF]

The de Broglie-Bohm pilot-wave interpretation of quantum theory
Ph.D. thesis, Ghent University, October 2004
arXiv:quant-ph/0506243 [abstract, PS, PDF]

On Peres' statement "opposite momenta lead to opposite directions", decaying systems and optical imaging
with W. De Baere, J. De Neve, S. De Weirdt
Foundations of Physics 34, 963-985 (2004)
arXiv:quant-ph/0401095 [abstract, PS, PDF]

On the uniqueness of paths for spin-0 and spin-1 quantum mechanics
with W. De Baere, J. De Neve, S. De Weirdt
Physics Letters A 322, 84-95 (2004)
arXiv:quant-ph/0311098v2 [abstract, PS, PDF]

Comment on 'Bohmian prediction about a two double-slit experiment and its disagreement with standard quantum mechanics'
with W. De Baere
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 36, 1525-1530 (2003)

Comments on some recently proposed experiments that should distinguish Bohmian mechanics from quantum mechanics
with W. De Baere
in "Quantum theory: Reconsideration of Foundations", Vaxjo University Press, Vaxjo, 355 (2001)
arXiv:quant-ph/0108038 [abstract, PS, PDF]

Reviews

Review of Gauging What's Real: The Conceptual Foundations of Gauge Theories, Richard Healey, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 2010.04.13 (2010)

The causal theory revisited, Review of Quantum Causality, Peter J. Riggs, Metascience 19(2), 243-246 (2010) ; preprint [PDF]

Other

Synopsis and Discussion: Philosophy of Gauge Theory
with G. Belot, J. Earman, R. Healey, T. Maudlin, A. Nounou
philsci-archive 00004728 [abstract, PDF]

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