A minimalist pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics

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dc.creatorStruyve, W.
dc.creatorWestman, H.
dc.date2007-07-24
dc.date2007-12-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:30:55Z
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dc.descriptionWe present a way to construct a pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics. The idea is to introduce beables corresponding only to the bosonic degrees of freedom and not to the fermionic degrees of freedom of the quantum state. We show that this is sufficient to reproduce the quantum predictions. The beables will be field beables corresponding to the electromagnetic field and they will be introduced in a similar way to that of Bohm's model for the free electromagnetic field. Our approach is analogous to the situation in non-relativistic quantum theory, where Bell treated spin not as a beable but only as a property of the wavefunction. After presenting this model we also discuss a simple way for introducing additional beables that represent the fermionic degrees of freedom.
dc.descriptionLaTex, 17 pages, no figures; v2 minor corrections, journal version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3487
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3487
dc.identifierProc. R. Soc. A 463, 3115-3129 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1098/rspa.2007.0144
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/158280
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleA minimalist pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics
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