Abstract
We show that the Bohmian approach in terms of persisting particles that move on continuous trajectories following a deterministic law can be literally applied to quantum field theory. By means of the Dirac sea model-exemplified in the electron sector of the standard model neglecting radiation-we explain how starting from persisting particles, one is led to standard QFT employing creation and annihilation operators when tracking the dynamics with respect to a reference state, the so-called vacuum. Since on the level of wave functions, both formalisms are mathematically equivalent, this proposal provides for an ontology of QFT that includes a dynamics of individual processes, solves the measurement problem, and explains the appearance of creation and annihilation events.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Faculties: | Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics > Mathematics |
Subjects: | 500 Science > 510 Mathematics |
ISSN: | 0007-0882 |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 82363 |
Date Deposited: | 15. Dec 2021, 15:01 |
Last Modified: | 13. Aug 2024, 12:43 |