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Paper   IPM / P / 6625
School of Physics
  Title:   Conformal Transformations and Quantum Gravity
  Author(s): 
1.  F. Shojai
2.  A. Shojai
3.  M. Golshani
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Mod. Phys. Lett. A
  No.:  36
  Vol.:  13
  Year:  1998
  Pages:   2725-2729
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
Recently [1], it was shown that quantum effects of matter could be identified with the conformal degree of freedom of the space-time metric. Accordingly, one can introduce quantum effects either by making a scale transformation (i.e. changing the metric), or by making a conformal transformation (i.e. changing all physical quantities). These two ways are investigated and compared. Also, it is argued that, the ultimate formulation of such a quantum gravity theory should be in the framework of the scalar-tensor theories.

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