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    "abstract": "We present a pilot-wave model for quantum field theory in which the Dirac sea\nis taken seriously. The model ascribes particle trajectories to all the\nfermions, including the fermions filling the Dirac sea. The model is\ndeterministic and applies to the regime in which fermion number is\nsuperselected. This work is a further elaboration of work by Colin, in which a\nDirac sea pilot-wave model is presented for quantum electrodynamics. We extend\nhis work to non-electromagnetic interactions, we discuss a cut-off\nregularization of the pilot-wave model and study how it reproduces the standard\nquantum predictions. The Dirac sea pilot-wave model can be seen as a possible\ncontinuum generalization of a lattice model by Bell. It can also be seen as a\ndevelopment and generalization of the ideas by Bohm, Hiley and Kaloyerou, who\nalso suggested the use of the Dirac sea for the development of a pilot-wave\nmodel for quantum electrodynamics.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/0701085",
    "authors": [
      "S. Colin",
      "W. Struyve"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph",
      "hep-th"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1088/1751-8113/40/26/015",
    "journal_ref": "J. Phys. A 40, 7309-7342 (2007)",
    "title": "A Dirac sea pilot-wave model for quantum field theory",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0701085"
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