Quantum Determinism from Quantum General Covariance
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Quantum Physics
Abstract
The requirement of general covariance of quantum field theory (QFT) naturally leads to quantization based on the manifestly covariant De Donder-Weyl formalism. To recover the standard noncovariant formalism without violating covariance, fields need to depend on time in a specific deterministic manner. This deterministic evolution of quantum fields is recognized as a covariant version of the Bohmian hidden-variable interpretation of QFT.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0601027,
title = {Quantum Determinism from Quantum General Covariance},
author = {H. Nikolic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0601027},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, revised, new references, Honorable Mention of the Gravity Research Foundation 2006 Essay Competition, version to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D