Electromagnetic field theory without divergence problems. II: A least invasively quantized theory

DOI10.1023/B:JOSS.0000037251.24558.5CzbMATH Open1123.81047arXivmath-ph/0311034OpenAlexW3102730616MaRDI QIDQ2385677FDOQ2385677

Michael K.-H. Kiessling

Publication date: 12 October 2007

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

Abstract: The classical Maxwell--Born--Infeld field equations coupled with a Hamilton--Jacobi law of point charge motion are partially quantized by coupling the Hamilton-Jacobi phase function with an amplitude function, which combines with the phase function into a single complex wave function satisfying a relativistic Klein--Gordon equation self-consistently coupled to the evolution equations for the electromagnetic fields with generic point source (explicitly worked out for one particle; options for many particles briefly discussed). Radiation-free stationary states exist. The hydrogen spectrum with infinitely massive nucleus is discussed in some detail and upper estimates for Born's `aether constant' obtained. In the nonrelativistic limit the model reduces to the de-Broglie--Bohm formulation of quantum mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0311034

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zbMATH Keywords

Klein-Gordon equationwave functionselectromagnetic fieldsMaxwell-Born-Infeld field equationspoint chargesBorn's statistical lawde Broglie-Bohm law of quantum motionspace-like foliations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Motion of charged particles (78A35) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) History of quantum theory (81-03)

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