There is no "first" quantization
Quantum Physics
2009-11-07 v3 Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The introduction of spinor and other massive fields by ``quantizing'' particles (corpuscles) is conceptually misleading. Only spatial fields must be postulated to form the fundamental objects to be quantized (that is, to define a formal basis for all quantum states), while apparent ``particles'' are a mere consequence of decoherence. This conclusion is also supported by the nature of gauge fields.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0210098,
title = {There is no "first" quantization},
author = {H. D. Zeh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0210098},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Published version -- 11 pages, no figures, Latex