Covariant Regularization of Nonlinear Spinorfield Quantum Theories and Probability Interpretation

Abstract

Abstract By a decomposition theorem a higher order nonlinear spinorfield equation can be transformed into a set of first order nonlinear spinorfield equations, i. e. into an auxiliary field formulation which allows canonical quantization. The quantum dynamics of the auxiliary fields is expressed in algebraic Schrödinger representation and admits only unphysical state spaces with indefinite metric. Regularization of the classical theory is transferred into quantum field theory by a noninvertible map from the corresponding auxiliary field state space into an associated physical state space, the metric of which is positive definite. For the effective dynamics in the physical state space probability current conservation is proved, and for physical states which describe composite particle configurations the existence of the state space is demonstrated