Sheldon Goldstein

Sheldon Goldstein (born October 24, 1947, in Augusta, Georgia)^[1] is an American theoretical physicist. He introduced the term "Bohmian mechanics".^[2]

Biography

Goldstein graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A. in 1969, a B.S. in 1971, and a Ph.D. in physics in 1973. His Ph.D. thesis, supervised by Joel Lebowitz, is entitled Ergodic Theory and Infinite Systems ^[3] Since 1977 Goldstein has been a professor at Rutgers University.^[4] His research deals with the foundations of quantum mechanics and, especially, theoretical developments of De Broglie–Bohm theory. His collaborators include Joel Lebowitz^[5][6] and Detlef Dürr.^[7] In a 1981 paper, Goldstein and Oliver Penrose described a new method of defining nonequilibrium entropy in statistical mechanics.^[8] Goldstein contributed the article Bohmian Mechanics to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ^[9]

For two academic years from 1973 to 1975, Goldstein was at the Institute for Advanced Study.^[10] He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a member of the board of governors of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics^[11] (founded by Tim Maudlin).

Sheldon Goldstein and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, a novelist and philosopher, were married from 1969 to 1999, until they divorced. They are the parents of the novelist Yael Goldstein Love^[12] and the poet Danielle Blau.^[13]

Selected publications

• Goldstein, Sheldon (1980). "Remarks on the global Markov property". Communications in Mathematical Physics. 74 (3): 223–234. Bibcode:1980CMaPh..74..223G. doi:10.1007/BF01952887. S2CID 119956310.
• De Masi, A.; Ferrari, P. A.; Goldstein, S.; Wick, W. D. (1989). "An invariance principle for reversible Markov processes. Applications to random motions in random environments". Journal of Statistical Physics. 55 (3–4): 787–855. Bibcode:1989JSP....55..787D. doi:10.1007/BF01041608. S2CID 7114282.
• Berndl, K.; Daumer, M.; Dürr, D.; Goldstein, S.; Zanghì, N. (1995). "A survey of Bohmian mechanics". Il Nuovo Cimento B. 110 (5–6): 737–750. arXiv:quant-ph/9504010. Bibcode:1995NCimB.110..737B. doi:10.1007/BF02741477. S2CID 119340618.
• Goldstein, Sheldon (1996). "Bohmian Mechanics and the Quantum Revolution". Synthese. 107 (1): 145–165. arXiv:quant-ph/9512027. doi:10.1007/BF00413904. JSTOR 20117507. S2CID 44120976.
• Berndl, Karin; Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino (1996). "Nonlocality, Lorentz invariance, and Bohmian quantum theory". Physical Review A. 53 (4): 2062–2073. arXiv:quant-ph/9510027. Bibcode:1996PhRvA..53.2062B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.53.2062. PMID 9913109. S2CID 7576353.
• Goldstein, Sheldon (1998). "Quantum Theory without Observers—Part Two". Physics Today. 51 (4): 38–42. Bibcode:1998PhT....51d..38G. doi:10.1063/1.882241.
• Van Kampen, Nico G.; DeWitt, Bryce; Goldstein, Sheldon; Bricmont, Jean; Griffiths, Robert B.; Omnès, Roland (2000). "Quantum Histories, Mysteries, and Measurements". Physics Today. 53 (5): 76–83. Bibcode:2000PhT....53e..76V. doi:10.1063/1.883089. (4 letters independently written by 4 different authors with a reply from Griffiths and Omnès)
• Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Tumulka, Roderich; Zanghì, Nino (2005). "Bell-type quantum field theories". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 38 (4): R1 – R43. arXiv:quant-ph/0407116. doi:10.1088/0305-4470/38/4/R01. S2CID 15547226.
• Goldstein, Sheldon (2010). "Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Information". Foundations of Physics. 40 (4): 335–355. arXiv:0907.2427. Bibcode:2010FoPh...40..335G. doi:10.1007/s10701-009-9319-4. S2CID 5670604.
• Cushing, J. T.; Fine, Arthur; Goldstein, S. (17 April 2013). Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Theory: An Appraisal. Springer. ISBN 9789401587150.
• Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Norsen, Travis; Struyve, Ward; Zanghì, Nino (2014). "Can Bohmian mechanics be made relativistic?". Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 470 (2162). doi:10.1098/rspa.2013.0699. PMC 3896068. PMID 24511259.
• Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino (2022). "Remarks About the Relationship Between Relational Physics and a Large Kantian Component of the Laws of Nature". Rethinking the Concept of Law of Nature. Jerusalem Studies in Philosophy and History of Science. pp. 225–257. arXiv:2111.09609. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-96775-8_9. ISBN 978-3-030-96774-1.

• Dürr, Detlef; Goldstein, Sheldon; Zanghì, Nino (6 November 2012). Quantum Physics Without Quantum Philosophy. Springer. ISBN 9783642306907.
• Bassi, Angelo; Goldstein, Sheldon; Tumulka, Roderich; Zanghì, Nino (eds.). Physics and the Nature of Reality: Essays in Memory of Detlev Dürr. Fundamental Theories of Physics Book 215. Springer. ISBN 978-3031454332; release date February 5, 2024{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)