Infinities in Quantum Gravities

DOI10.1002/(SICI)1521-3889(200005)9:3/5%3C299::AID-ANDP299%3E3.0.CO;2-EMaRDI QIDQ4508095zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stanley Deser

Publication date 20 August 2001

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9911073

zbMATH Keywords

non-ghost quantum field theorynon-renormalizabilityquantized general relativitysupergravityultraviolet difficulties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Supergravity (83E50)

Abstract: We first present a review, intended for classical relativists, of the ultraviolet difficulties faced by local quantum gravity theories in both the usual Einstein versions and in their supergravity extensions, at least perturbatively. These problems, present in arbitrary dimensions, are traceable to the dimensionality of the Einstein constant. We then summarize very recent results about supergravity at the highest allowed dimension, D=11, showing that also this unique model suffers from infinities already at 2 loops, despite its high degree of supersymmetry. The conclusion is that there is no viable nonghost quantum field model that includes general relativity.

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