A minimalist pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics

Details A minimalist pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics A minimalist pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics

2007-07-24

arxiv.org/abs/0707.3487v2

Proc. R. Soc. A 463, 3115-3129 (2007)

Physics

Quantum Physics

LaTex, 17 pages, no figures; v2 minor corrections, journal version

Scientific paper

10.1098/rspa.2007.0144

We present a way to construct a pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics. The idea is to introduce beables corresponding only to the bosonic degrees of freedom and not to the fermionic degrees of freedom of the quantum state. We show that this is sufficient to reproduce the quantum predictions. The beables will be field beables corresponding to the electromagnetic field and they will be introduced in a similar way to that of Bohm's model for the free electromagnetic field. Our approach is analogous to the situation in non-relativistic quantum theory, where Bell treated spin not as a beable but only as a property of the wavefunction. After presenting this model we also discuss a simple way for introducing additional beables that represent the fermionic degrees of freedom.

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