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Leading quantum gravitational corrections to QED

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We consider the leading post-Newtonian and quantum corrections to the non-relativistic scattering amplitude of charged spin-1/2 fermions in the combined theory of general relativity and QED. The coupled Dirac-Einstein system is treated as an effective field theory. This allows for a consistent quantization of the gravitational field. The appropriate vertex rules are extracted from the action, and the non-analytic contributions to the 1-loop scattering matrix are calculated in the non-relativistic limit. The non-analytical parts of the scattering amplitude are known to give the long range, low energy, leading quantum corrections, are used to construct the leading post-Newtonian and quantum corrections to the two-particle non-relativistic scattering matrix potential for two massive fermions with electric charge.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0605137,
  title  = {Leading quantum gravitational corrections to QED},
  author = {M. S. Butt},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0605137},
  year   = {2008}
}

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14 pages, 29 figures, format RevTex4