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On the Vacuum Propagation of Gravitational Waves

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-06-13 v2

Abstract

We show that, for any local, causal quantum field theory which couples covariantly to gravity, and which admits Minkowski spacetime vacuum(a) invariant under the inhomogeneous proper orthochronous Lorentz group, plane gravitational waves propagating in such Minkowski vacuum(a) do not dissipate energy or momentum via quantum field theoretic effects.

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@article{arxiv.0706.0231,
  title  = {On the Vacuum Propagation of Gravitational Waves},
  author = {Xiao Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.0231},
  year   = {2007}
}

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