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Abstract
Despite many successes of quantum electrodynamics (QED), we do not presently
have a good understanding of this field of physics. QED has all of the
foundational problems that standard non-relativistic quantum mechanics has, and
further ones in addition. I discuss some of these problems and some options for
what a Bohm-style theory of QED, with an ontology in space and time, could look
like. I also point out why the proposal made by Bohm himself in 1952 for QED is
not quite convincing. Finally, I outline the kind of Bohm-type theory of QED
that I would consider convincing, and report about recent progress toward this
kind of theory.
尽管量子电动力学(QED)取得了许多成功,但我们目前对这一物理学领域还没有很好的理解。量子电动力学存在标准非相对论量子力学所存在的所有基础问题,此外还有更多问题。我将讨论其中的一些问题,以及具有时空本体论的博姆式 QED 理论的一些方案。我还指出了为什么玻姆本人在 1952 年为 QED 提出的建议不太令人信服。最后,我概述了我认为令人信服的博姆式 QED 理论,并报告了最近朝着这种理论取得的进展。