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Kirill A. Kazakov

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Gauge dependence of effective gravitational field

The problem of gauge independent definition of effective gravitational field is considered from the point of view of the process of measurement. Under assumption that dynamics of the measuring apparatus can be described by the ordinary classical action, effective Slavnov identities for the generating functionals of Green functions corresponding to a system of arbitrary gravitational field measured by means of scalar particles are obtained. With the help of these identities, the total gauge dependence of the non-local part of the one-loop effective apparatus action, describing the long-range quantum corrections, is calculated. The value of effective gravitational field inferred from the effective apparatus action is found to be gauge-dependent. A probable explanation of this result, referring to a peculiarity of the gravitational interaction, is given.

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On the notion of potential in quantum gravity

The problem of consistent definition of the quantum corrected gravitational field is considered in the framework of the $S$-matrix method. Gauge dependence of the one-particle-reducible part of the two-scalar-particle scattering amplitude, with the help of which the potential is usually defined, is investigated at the one-loop approximation. The $1/r^2$-terms in the potential, which are of zero order in the Planck constant $\hbar,$ are shown to be independent of the gauge parameter weighting the gauge condition in the action. However, the $1/r^3$-terms, proportional to $\hbar,$ describing the first proper quantum correction, are proved to be gauge-dependent. With the help of the Slavnov identities, their dependence on the weighting parameter is calculated explicitly. The reason the gauge dependence originates from is briefly discussed.

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On the correspondence between the classical and quantum gravity

The relationship between the classical and quantum theories of gravity is reexamined. The value of the gravitational potential defined with the help of the two-particle scattering amplitudes is shown to be in disagreement with the classical result of General Relativity given by the Schwarzschild solution. It is shown also that the potential so defined fails to describe whatever non-Newtonian interactions of macroscopic bodies. An alternative interpretation of the $\hbar^0$-order part of the loop corrections is given directly in terms of the effective action. Gauge independence of that part of the one-loop radiative corrections to the gravitational form factors of the scalar particle is proved, justifying the interpretation proposed.

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