A pedagogical explanation for the non-renormalizability of gravity

Abstract

We present a short and intuitive argument explaining why gravity is non-renormalizable. The argument is based on black-hole domination of the high energy spectrum of gravity and not on the standard perturbative irrelevance of the gravitational coupling. This is a pedagogical note, containing textbook material that is widely appreciated by experts and is by no means original.

arXiv comment10 pages, 4 figures, Latex. V2: typos corrected, some emphasis and clarifications added

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