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Remarks on the physical reality of gravitons

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Rediscussing early arguments have led to the founding of quantum electrodynamics, but it is shown that one cannot employ them for the founding of quantum GRT. These arguments rather demonstrate that Einstein's GRT is essentially classical.

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  1. Einstein-Laboratorium für Theoretische Physik, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR, 1590, Potsdom, German Democratic Republic

    Horst-Heino von Borzeszkowski

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von Borzeszkowski, HH. Remarks on the physical reality of gravitons. Found Phys 20, 435–445 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00731711

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