Published August 27, 2004
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Journal article
Bohmian mechanics and quantum field theory
- 1. Mathematisches Institut der Universitaet Muenchen, Theresienstrasse 39, 80333 Munich (Germany)
- 2. Departments of Mathematics and Physics, Hill Center, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, 110 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8019 (United States)
- 3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Universita di Genova and INFN sezione di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova (Italy)
Description
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
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 93
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. 090402-090402.4
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36023582
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION; ELECTRONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRAJECTORIES
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; LEPTONS; MECHANICS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2004 The American Physical Society