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Path integral and particle ontology

2022/07/11 by Jia, Ding
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2209.05345

openalex publication_date 2022/07/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

It is often said that in relativistic quantum physics, a fundamental particle ontology is not viable. However, previous works have shown that certain relativistic quantum field theories can be reformulated as path integrals over particle configurations. Drawing on these works, I argue that a fundamental particle ontology is actually viable in relativistic quantum physics.

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