We present a way to construct a pilot-wave model for quantum electrodynamics.
The idea is to introduce beables corresponding only to the bosonic degrees of
freedom and not to the fermionic degrees of freedom of the quantum state. We
show that this is sufficient to reproduce the quantum predictions. The beables
will be field beables corresponding to the electromagnetic field and they will
be introduced in a similar way to that of Bohm's model for the free
electromagnetic field. Our approach is analogous to the situation in
non-relativistic quantum theory, where Bell treated spin not as a beable but
only as a property of the wavefunction. After presenting this model we also
discuss a simple way for introducing additional beables that represent the
fermionic degrees of freedom.Comment: LaTex, 17 pages, no figures; v2 minor corrections, journal versio