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In Bohmian mechanics the distribution |ψ|2 is regarded as the equilibrium distribution. We consider its uniqueness, finding that it is the unique equivariant distribution that is also a local functional of the wave function ψ.
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Goldstein, S., Struyve, W. On the Uniqueness of Quantum Equilibrium in Bohmian Mechanics. J Stat Phys 128, 1197–1209 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-007-9354-5
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