Cellular automaton ontology, bits, qubits, and the Dirac equation

Abstract

Cornerstones of the Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics are its ontological states that evolve by permutations, in this way never creating would-be quantum mechanical superposition states. We review and illustrate this with a classical Ising spin chain. It is shown that it can be related to the Weyl equation in the continuum limit. Yet, the model of discrete spins or bits unavoidably becomes a model of qubits by generating superpositions, if only slightly deformed. We study modifications of its signal velocity which, however, do not relate to mass terms. To incorporate the latter, we consider the Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions and sketch an underlying discrete deterministic "necklace of necklaces" automaton that qualifies as ontological.

arXiv comment17 pages, 1 figure; v2 with 7 refs added to Sec 1; accepted for publ in Int J Qu Info

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