Non-perturbative unitarity and fictitious ghosts in quantum gravity

DOI10.1016/j.physletb.2020.135911zbMath1475.83037arXiv2009.06637OpenAlexW3086949002MaRDI QIDQ820376

Christof Wetterich, Alessia Platania

Publication date: 27 September 2021

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.06637

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) Effective quantum field theories (81T12)

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