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View SchemaTrajectories and Particle Creation and Annihilation in Quantum Field Theory
| Authors | Detlef Duerr, Sheldon Goldstein, Roderich Tumulka, Nino Zanghi |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0208072 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0208072 |
| DOI | 10.1088/0305-4470/36/14/315 |
| Journal | J.Phys.A36:4143-4150,2003 |
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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