The General Relativistic Quantization Program

Abstract

The field equations of the classical theory of gravitation, the Einstein Theory of General Relativity, admit solutions which can be interpreted as gravitational radiation. Experiments currently in progress seem to indicate the existence of such gravitational radiation. It would be remarkable if the energy transported by the gravitational waves were not emitted and absorbed in quanta in conformity with the well known Einstein relation, E=hv. Yet, to date, we do not have a satisfactory theory for the quantized transfer of gravitational energy whose classical limit corresponds to the generally accepted Einstein Theory of Gravitation.