Relativistic Geometry and Quantum Electrodynamics

Abstract

Excitations of a relativistic geometry are used to represent the theory of quantum electrodynamics. The connection excitations and the frame excitations reduce, respectively, to the electromagnetic field operator and electron field operator. Because of the inherent geometric algebraic structure these operators obey the standard commutation rules of QED. If we work with excitations, we need to use statistical theory when considering the evolution of microscopic subsystems. The use of classical statistics, in particular techniques of irreversible thermodynamics, determine that the probability of absorption or emission of a geometric excitation is a function of the classical energy density. Emission and absorption of geometric excitations imply discrete changes of certain physical variables, but with a probability determined by its wave energy density. Hence, this geometric theory, without contradicting the fundamental aspects of quantum physics, provides a geometric foundation for the theory.