A non-geometrical approach to quantum gravity
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Some results of author’s work in a non-geometrical approach to quantum gravity are reviewed here, among them: a quantum mechanism of classical gravity giving a possibility to compute the Newton constant; asymptotic freedom at short distances; interaction of photons with the graviton background leading to the important cosmological consequences; the time delay of photons due to interactions with gravitons; deceleration of massive bodies in the graviton background which may be connected with the Pioneer anomaly and with the problem of dark matter.
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