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Why source-free gravity must be quantized

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-11-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Atomic Physics

Abstract

I show, on the most elementary grounds, its classical ultraviolet catastrophe, that even source-free General Relativity must be quantized, despite some eminent opinions to the contrary, an original result involving some rather tricky subtleties.

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@article{arxiv.2202.00786,
  title  = {Why source-free gravity must be quantized},
  author = {S. Deser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.00786},
  year   = {2022}
}

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