Oldofredi, Andrea (2018) Stochasticity and Bell-type Quantum Field Theory. [Preprint]

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This paper critically discusses an objection proposed by H. Nikolic against the naturalness of the stochastic dynamics implemented by the Bell-type Quantum Field Theory, an extension of Bohmian Mechanics able to describe the phenomena of particles creation and annihilation. Here I present: (i) Nikolic’s ideas for a pilot-wave theory accounting for
QFT phenomenology evaluating the robustness of his criticism, (ii) Bell’s original proposal for a Bohmian QFT with a particle ontology and (iii) the mentioned Bell-type QFT. I will argue that although Bell’s model should be interpreted as a heuristic example showing the possibility to extend Bohm’s pilot-wave theory to the domain of QFT, the same judgement
does not hold for the Bell-type QFT, which is candidate to be a promising possible alternative proposal to the standard version of quantum field theory. Finally, contra Nikolic, I will provide arguments in order to show how a stochastic dynamics is perfectly compatible with a Bohmian quantum theory.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Oldofredi, Andrea Andrea.Oldofredi@unil.ch
Keywords:	Stochasticity; Quantum Field Theory; Bohmian Mechanics; Primitive Ontology;
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User:	Dr. Andrea Oldofredi
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2018 13:32
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:32
Item ID:	14353
Subjects:	General Issues > Determinism/Indeterminism Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Field Theory Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date:	6 February 2018
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14353

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