Abstract
We formulate gauge theories within the framework of a generalization of quantum field theory. In particular, we discuss models of electrodynamics and of Yang-Mills theories, a model of the strong interaction with higher-order derivatives and quark confinement and a renormalizable model of pure quantum gravity with Einstein Lagrangian. In the case of electrodynamics we show that two models are possible: one with predictions which are identical to QED and one which is a quantum action-at-a-distance model of electrodynamics. In the case of Yang-Mills theories we can construct a model which is identical in predictions to any conventional model, or a quantum action-at-a-distance model. In the second case it is possible to eliminate all loops of Yang-Mills particles (in all gauges) in a manner consistent with unitarity. A variation of Yang-Mills models exists in our formulation which has higher-order derivative field equations. It is unitary and has positive probabilities. It can be used to construct a model of the strong interactions which has a linear potential and manifest quark confinement. Finally we show how to construct an action-at-a-distance model of pure quantum gravity (whose classical limit is the dynamics of the Einstein Lagrangian) coupled to an external classical source. The model is trivially renormalizable.
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