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Trajectories and Particle Creation and Annihilation in Quantum Field Theory

Detlef Duerr, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, Nino Zanghi

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Abstract

We develop a theory based on Bohmian mechanics in which particle world lines can begin and end. Such a theory provides a realist description of creation and annihilation events and thus a further step towards a "beable-based" formulation of quantum field theory, as opposed to the usual "observable-based" formulation which is plagued by the conceptual difficulties--like the measurement problem--of quantum mechanics.

arXiv comments
11 pages LaTeX, no figures; v2: references added and updated
Journal reference
J.Phys.A36:4143-4150,2003
DOI
doi:10.1088/0305-4470/36/14/315
Subjects
quant-phQuantum Physics

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  1. Why don't more physicists subscribe to pilot wave theory? 1 comment

    • There are various versions, but the one I recommend to date loses determinism (that was never the point) and allows for annihilation and creation of particles: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0208072 In addition, the ideas of Bohmian mechanics has led to a new direction in…

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