Background-metric independent formulation of 4D quantum gravity
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Background-metric Independent Formulation of 4D Quantum Gravity
Using the background-metric independence for the traceless mode as well as the conformal mode, 4D quantum gravity is described as a quantum field theory defined on a non-dynamical backgroundmetric. The measure then induces an action with 4 derivatives. So we think that 4-th order gravity is essential and the Einstein-Hilbert term should be treated like a mass term. We introduce the dimensionles...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nuclear Physics B
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0550-3213
DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(99)00283-7