Two-loop and all-loop finite 4-metrics

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/16/10/103MaRDI QIDQ4935660zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gary W. Gibbons

Publication date 31 January 2000

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9905154

zbMATH Keywords

quantum correctionsRicci flat Lorentzian 4-metriesvanishing counter terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: In pure Einstein theory, Ricci flat Lorentzian 4-metrics of Petrov types III or N have vanishing counter terms up to and including two loops. Moreover for pp-waves and type-N spacetimes of Kundt's class which admit a non-twisting, non expanding, null congruence all possible invariants formed from the Weyl tensor and its covariant derivatives vanish. Thus these Lorentzian metrics suffer no quantum corrections to all loop orders. By contrast for complete non-singular Riemannian metrics the two loop counter term vanishes only if the metric is flat.

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