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Why even source-free gravity must be quantized
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Deser, S.
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I note, 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 and with a little fine print.
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- Alternative title
- Why even source-free gravity must be quantized and why Planck's constant is unique
- Alternative title
- Why source-free gravity must be quantized and why Planck's constant is unique
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- 114782
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20220517-214241627
- DE-SC0011632
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- SCOAP3
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2022-05-18Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2022-06-01Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics
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- BRX
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- TH-6698