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We argue that the inference of CP violation in experiments involving the K0-K0 system in weak interactions of particle physics is facilitated by the assumption of particle trajectories for the decaying particles and the decay products. A consistent explanation in terms of such trajectories is naturally incorporated within the Bohmian interpretation of quantum mechanics.
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Home, D., Majumdar, A.S. On the Importance of the Bohmian Approach for Interpreting CP-Violation Experiments. Foundations of Physics 29, 721–727 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018822406675
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