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Finite conformal quantum gravity and spacetime singularities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-09-03 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We show that a class of finite quantum non-local gravitational theories is conformally invariant at classical as well as at quantum level. This is actually a range of conformal anomaly-free theories in the spontaneously broken phase of the Weyl symmetry. At classical level we show how the Weyl conformal invariance is able to tame all the spacetime singularities that plague not only Einstein gravity, but also local and weakly non-local higher derivative theories. The latter statement is proved by a singularity theorem that applies to a large class of weakly non-local theories. Therefore, we are entitled to look for a solution of the spacetime singularity puzzle in a missed symmetry of nature, namely the Weyl conformal symmetry. Following the seminal paper by Narlikar and Kembhavi, we provide an explicit construction of singularity-free black hole exact solutions in a class of conformally invariant theories.

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@article{arxiv.1801.03193,
  title  = {Finite conformal quantum gravity and spacetime singularities},
  author = {Leonardo Modesto and Leslaw Rachwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.03193},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of the 3rd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting - Gravity and the Gauge/Gravity Correspondence

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