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We discuss a Modified Field Theory (MOFT) in which the number of fields can vary. It is shown that when the number of fields is conserved MOFT reduces to the standard field theory but interaction constants undergo an additional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. A. Kirillov , D. Turaev

We propose a reformulation of quantum field theory (QFT) as a relativistic statistical field theory. This rewriting embeds a collapse model within an interacting QFT and thus provides a possible solution to the measurement problem.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-06-01 Antoine Tilloy

I. The arena of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory is the abstract, unobserved and unobservable, M-dimensional formal Hilbert space [not equal to] spacetime. II. The arena of observations and, more generally, of all events (i.e.…

General Physics · Physics 2023-10-05 Johan Hansson

The geometric form of standard quantum mechanics is compatible with the two postulates: 1) The laws of physics are invariant under the choice of experimental setup and 2) Every quantum observation or event is intrinsically statistical.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Djordje Minic , Chia-Hsiung Tze

We analyze time-of-arrival probability distributions for relativistic particles in the context of quantum field theory (QFT). We show that QFT leads to a unique prediction, modulo post-selection that incorporates properties of the apparatus…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Charis Anastopoulos , Maria-Electra Plakitsi

Classical, Quantum and Relativistic mechanics elect time and space as fundamentals, extracting the measure of motion -velocity- from this static space-time platform. Conversely, the timelessness of Statistical mechanics computes the…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Roberto Assumpcao

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) represents a vast generalization of Quantum Mechanics (QM), as it deals with systems that have an infinite number of degrees of freedom. The Stone-von Neumann theorem, which establishes the equivalence of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 Ahmed Halawani

It is argued that (a) In the quantum realm test-particle masses have non-trivial observability which induces a non-geometric element in gravity, (b) Any theory of quantum gravity, on fundamental grounds, must contain an element of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 D. V. Ahluwalia

Constructing observables that describe the localization of relativistic particles is an important foundational problem in relativistic quantum field theory (QFT). The description of localization in terms of single-time observables leads to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Charis Anastopoulos , Ntina Savvidou

It is argued that quantum gravity has an interpretation as a topological field theory provided a certain constraint from the path intergral measure is respected. The constraint forces us to couple gauge and matter fields to gravity for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 Andrew Toon

One of the highlight of this note is that the author presents the relativistic gravity field that Einstein was looking for. The field is a byproduct of the matter in motion. This field can include both the discrete and continuous…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-10-06 Victor M. Bogdan

The structure of a relativistically hot, strongly magnetized jet is investigated at large distances from the source. Asymptotic equations are derived describing collimation and acceleration of the externally confined jet. Conditions are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-20 Yuri Lyubarsky

There is a large class of classical null-fronted metrics in which a free scalar field has an infinite number of conservation laws. In particular, if the scalar field is quantized, the number of particles is conserved. However, with more…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Orit Levin , Asher Peres

This article is a sequel to our previous paper (arXiv:2511.12311), where we considered the conceptual problem on the empirical laws for the Klein\textendash Gordon quantum field theory in curved spacetime (QFTCS), and we will consider the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-20 Hideyasu Yamashita

We compare different approaches to quantum ontology. In particular, we discuss an interpretation of quantum mechanics that we call objective quantum field theory (OQFT), which involves retrocausal fields. Here, objective implies the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-01 Peter D Drummond , Margaret D Reid

Quantum Field Theory (QFT) makes predictions by combining assumptions about (1) quantum dynamics, typically a Schrodinger or Liouville equation; (2) quantum measurement, usually via a collapse formalism. Here I define a "classical density…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Paul J. Werbos

We formulate quantum field theory in triangulated spacetime using compositional quantum field theory and tensor network methods. We show that gravitational interactions emerge as a low-energy effective phenomenon in this framework. For…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-13 Matti Raasakka

Fermi co-ordinates are proper co-ordinates of a local observer determined by his trajectory in space-time. Two observers at different positions belong to different Fermi frames even if there is no relative motion between them. Use of Fermi…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Nikolic

The gravitational field exterior respectively interior to a spherically symmetric, isolated body made of perfect fluid is examined within the quasi-metric framework (QMF). It is required that the gravitational field is "metrically static",…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-21 Dag Østvang

Although general relativity is a predictively successful theory, it treats matter as classical rather than as quantum. For this reason, it will have to be replaced by a more fundamental quantum theory of gravity. Attempts to formulate a…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2019-02-07 Christian Wuthrich