Finite conformal quantum gravity and spacetime singularities

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作者
Modesto, Leonardo [1 ]
Rachwal, Leslaw [1 ]
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[1] Southern Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Phys, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
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10.1088/1742-6596/942/1/012015
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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We show that a class of finite quantum non-local gravitational theories is conformally invariant at classical as well as at quantum level. This is actually a range of conformal anomaly-free theories in the spontaneously broken phase of the Weyl symmetry. At classical level we show how the Weyl conformal invariance is able to tame all the spacetime singularities that plague not only Einstein gravity, but also local and weakly non-local higher derivative theories. The latter statement is proved by a singularity theorem that applies to a large class of weakly non-local theories. Therefore, we are entitled to look for a solution of the spacetime singularity puzzle in a missed symmetry of nature, namely the Weyl conformal symmetry. Following the seminal paper by Narlikar and Kembhavi, we provide an explicit construction of singularity-free black hole exact solutions in a class of conformally invariant theories.
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