Quantum gravitational fluctuations and the semi-classical limit

Abstract

An attempt is made to go beyond the standard semi-classical approximation for gravity in the Born-Oppenheimer decomposition of the wave-function in minisuperspace. New terms are included which correspond to quantum gravitational fluctuations on the background metric. Their existence renders the definition of the semi-classical limit rather delicate and can lead to the avoidance of the singularities the classical theory predicts in cosmology and in the gravitational collapse of compact objects.

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