Published March 24, 1986 | Version v1
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The ultraviolet behavior of Einstein gravity

Creators

  • 1. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA)
  • 2. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
  • 3. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

We have recently reported on a two-loop calculation showing that the S matrix of Einstein's theory of gravity contains non-renormalizable ultraviolet divergences in four dimensions. In this paper we present several details of the work. We discuss the calculation both in background field and in normal field theory, and we describe a method for eliminating ghost fields in gauge theories by embedding them in suitable extensions of the gauge fields a la Kaluza-Klein. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Volume
266
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
709-736
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBB

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
17045641
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CORRECTIONS; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; KALUZA-KLEIN THEORY; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; PROPAGATOR; QUANTUM GRAVITY; S MATRIX; ULTRAVIOLET DIVERGENCES; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; VECTOR FIELDS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
DIAGRAMS; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRICES; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC-03-81ER40050; DE-AC03-76SF-0098; Grant PHY85-40435