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arxiv: hep-th/0005038 · v2 · submitted 2000-05-04 · ✦ hep-th

The Paradox of Virtual Dipoles in the Einstein Action

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The functional integral of pure Einstein 4D quantum gravity admits abnormally large and long-lasting "dipolar fluctuations", generated by virtual sources with the property Int d^4x Sqrt{g(x)} Tr T(x) = 0. These fluctuations would exist also at macroscopic scales, with paradoxical consequences. We set out their general features and give numerical estimates of possible suppression processes.

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