Relativistic QFT from a Bohmian perspective: a proof of concept

DOI10.1007/S10701-022-00600-XzbMATH Open1498.81083arXiv2205.05986OpenAlexW4285799520WikidataQ113902763 ScholiaQ113902763MaRDI QIDQ2158753FDOQ2158753

Authors: Hrvoje Nikolić 

Publication date: 26 July 2022

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Since Bohmian mechanics is explicitly nonlocal, it is widely believed that it is very hard, if not impossible, to make Bohmian mechanics compatible with relativistic quantum field theory (QFT). I explain, in simple terms, that it is not hard at all to construct a Bohmian theory that lacks Lorentz covariance, but makes the same measurable predictions as relativistic QFT. All one has to do is to construct a Bohmian theory that makes the same measurable predictions as QFT in one Lorentz frame, because then standard relativistic QFT itself guarantees that those predictions are Lorentz invariant. I first explain this in general terms, then I describe a simple Bohmian model that makes the same measurable predictions as the Standard Model of elementary particles, after which I give some hints towards a more fundamental theory beyond Standard Model. Finally, I present a short story telling how my views of fundamental physics in general, and of Bohmian mechanics in particular, evolved over time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.05986

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zbMATH Keywords

beyond standard modelquantum field theoryBohmian mechanicsLorentz invariance

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Structure and representation of the Lorentz group (22E43) Differential geometric methods, including holonomy, Berry and Hannay phases, Aharonov-Bohm effect, etc. in quantum theory (81Q70)

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