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Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We discuss a recently proposed extension of Bohmian mechanics to quantum field theory. For more or less any regularized quantum field theory there is a corresponding theory of particle motion, which, in particular, ascribes trajectories to the electrons or whatever sort of particles the quantum field theory is about. Corresponding to the nonconservation of the particle number operator in the quantum field theory, the theory describes explicit creation and annihilation events: the world lines for the particles can begin and end.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.090402

Authors: Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, Nino Zanghì

Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, University of Genoa

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Mechanics and Applications

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2008759224

FWCI: 5.101

Cites: 14

Cited by: 254

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