Towards a picture of the natural world derived from relativity and quantum theory
Abstract
I contend that physics should provide a coherent account of reality, in addition to be an efficient algorithm for the prediction of empirical results. This article offers pictures of reality derived from theories of modern physics. In particular it is shown that Bose quantum fields may be interpreted as pure wave fields via the Weyl-Wigner representation. The most relevant result being the existence of a stochastic vacuum field, corresponding to the quantum vacuum fluctuations of the standard, canonical, formulation of field theory. That field provides explanations for the particle (photons) behaviour of the electromagnetic field. Also a realistic interpretation is offered for the interference experiments with actual particles, like atoms. The interpretation of classical general relativity is standard but emphasis is made on the principle of equivalence. Problems like the spacetime singularities (black holes) and the empirical violation of Bell inequalities are touched but slightly. Asides from these problems the main incompleteness of the article is the absence of a realistic interpretation of Fermi fields.
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BibTeX
@misc{santos2026towards,
title = {{Towards a picture of the natural world derived from relativity and quantum theory}},
author = {Emilio Santos},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.20862},
eprint = {2609.20862},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20862},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Towards a picture of the natural world derived from relativity and quantum theory
AU - Emilio Santos
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/12
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.20862
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20862
AB - I contend that physics should provide a coherent account of reality, in addition to be an efficient algorithm for the prediction of empirical results. This article offers pictures of reality derived from theories of modern physics. In particular it is shown that Bose quantum fields may be interpreted as pure wave fields via the Weyl-Wigner representation. The most relevant result being the existence of a stochastic vacuum field, corresponding to the quantum vacuum fluctuations of the standard, canonical, formulation of field theory. That field provides explanations for the particle (photons) behaviour of the electromagnetic field. Also a realistic interpretation is offered for the interference experiments with actual particles, like atoms. The interpretation of classical general relativity is standard but emphasis is made on the principle of equivalence. Problems like the spacetime singularities (black holes) and the empirical violation of Bell inequalities are touched but slightly. Asides from these problems the main incompleteness of the article is the absence of a realistic interpretation of Fermi fields.
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