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We consider quantum gravitational corrections to Maxwell’s equations on flat space background. Although the vacuum polarization is highly gauge dependent, we explicitly show that this gauge dependence is canceled by contributions from the source which disturbs the effective field and the observer who measures it. Our final result is a gauge independent, real and causal effective field equation that can be used in the same way as the classical Maxwell equation.
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Katuwal, S., Woodard, R.P. Gauge independent quantum gravitational corrections to Maxwell’s equation. J. High Energ. Phys. 2021, 29 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2021)029
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