Two loop and all loop finite 4-metrics

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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