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Conformal fluctuations serve as a powerful tool to study the nature of quantum gravity. They lead, in a natural fashion, to the concept of stationary states for the quantum geometry. We attempt to incorporate the effect of conformal fluctuations into the background metric and matter. A modified set of equations, including the effect of conformal fluctuations, is presented and the solutions are discussed. It is shown that matter-free vacuum is unstable to conformal fluctuations. A scenario for creation of matter is indicated.
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Padmanabhan, T. Quantum conformal fluctuations and stationary states. Int J Theor Phys 22, 1023–1036 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02080549
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