Statistics, Symmetry, and (In)Distinguishability in Bohmian Mechanics

Darrin W.S. Belousek, Ohio Northern University

Abstract

This paper continues an earlier work by considering in what sense and to what extent identical Bohmian-mechanical particles in many-particle systems can be considered indistinguishable. We conclude that while whether identical Bohmian-mechanical particles ace considered to be “statistically (in)distinguishable” is a matter of theory choice underdetermined by logic and experiment, such particles are in any case “physically distinguishable.”