Quantum gravity is non-renormalizable

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Standard perturbative treatments of general relativity yield a non-renormalizable theory, which is typically addressed by treating it as an effective field theory.

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The claim that quantum gravity (specifically perturbative general relativity) is non-renormalizable is standard consensus in theoretical physics and is directly referenced as a foundational premise in multiple papers treating gravity as an effective field theory.

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Running Love numbers and the Effective Field Theory of gravity

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Sergio Barbosa, Philippe Brax, Sylvain Fichet, Lucas de Souza. Running Love numbers and the Effective Field Theory of gravity. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2025/07/071

Discusses higher derivative corrections and operators arising from the effective field theory of gravity.

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Quantum Gravitational Contributions to the Standard Model Effective Potential and Vacuum Stability

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F. Loebbert, J. Plefka. Quantum Gravitational Contributions to the Standard Model Effective Potential and Vacuum Stability. 2015. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732315501898

Explicitly notes that the non-renormalizability of Einstein gravity induces higher dimension operators at the one-loop level.

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Quantum signatures in nonlinear gravitational waves

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T. Guerreiro, F. Coradeschi, A. Frassino, J. R. West, E. J. Schioppa. Quantum signatures in nonlinear gravitational waves. 2021. https://doi.org/10.22331/q-2022-12-19-879

States that the effective quantum field theory description of gravity is non-renormalizable while still allowing for predictions.

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judged → SUPPORTED · 8401 Aug 2026

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