Radiation damping in the pilot wave interpretation of quantum mechanics

Abstract

To avoid the internal contradiction in the pilot wave interpretation inherent in the assumption of a charged particle moving in a closed orbit without radiating, it is proposed that the wavefunctions, psi n(r), corresponding to stationary states be real, implying that the particle is stationary. If the effect of radiation damping is included, the Hamiltonian contains a nonlinear term resulting in the stability of the stationary states.