Covariant canonical quantization of fields and Bohmian mechanics

DOI10.1140/EPJC/S2005-02296-7MaRDI QIDQ982837zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hrvoje Nikolić

Publication date 27 July 2010

Published in The European Physical Journal C. Particles and Fields (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0407228

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum field theory; related classical field theories (81T99) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

Abstract: We propose a manifestly covariant canonical method of field quantization based on the classical De Donder-Weyl covariant canonical formulation of field theory. Owing to covariance, the space and time arguments of fields are treated on an equal footing. To achieve both covariance and consistency with standard noncovariant canonical quantization of fields in Minkowski spacetime, it is necessary to adopt a covariant Bohmian formulation of quantum field theory. A preferred foliation of spacetime emerges dynamically owing to a purely quantum effect. The application to a simple time-reparametrization invariant system and quantum gravity is discussed and compared with the conventional noncovariant Wheeler-DeWitt approach.

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