Trajectories and Particle Creation and Annihilation in Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
2008-11-26 v2
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.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0208072,
title = {Trajectories and Particle Creation and Annihilation in Quantum Field Theory},
author = {Detlef Duerr and Sheldon Goldstein and Roderich Tumulka and Nino Zanghi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0208072},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
11 pages LaTeX, no figures; v2: references added and updated