Objective quantum fields, retrocausality and ontology

TL;DR

This paper compares various quantum ontology interpretations, introducing objective quantum field theory with retrocausal fields that reconcile objective realism and quantum complementarity.

Contribution

It proposes and analyzes objective quantum field theory (OQFT) involving retrocausality, offering a novel interpretation compatible with both Bohr and Einstein views.

Findings

OQFT incorporates retrocausality and contextuality.

OQFT aligns with Bohr's complementarity and Einstein's realism.

Comparison shows OQFT's compatibility with multiple interpretations.

Abstract

We compare different approaches to quantum ontology. In particular, we discuss an interpretation of quantum mechanics that we call objective quantum field theory (OQFT), which involves retrocausal fields. Here, objective implies the existence of fields independent of an observer, but not that the results of conjugate measurements are predetermined: the theory is contextual. The ideas and analyses of Einstein and Bohr through to more recent approaches to objective realism are discussed. We briefly describe measurement induced projections, the guided wave interpretation, many-universes, consistent histories, and modal theories. These earlier interpretations are compared with OQFT. We argue that this approach is compatible both with Bohr's quantum complementarity, and Einstein's objective realism.