Considering gravitational Euler scattering and energy fluctuations of gravitational Planck radiation it is shown that - due to the nonlinearity of Einstein's equations - there arise effective cut-of lengths preventing the measurability of quantum vacuum effects near Planck's length.

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Plancksche Dimensionen und die Grenzen des Konzepts der Quantengravitation

Es werden die gravitative Euler-Streuung und die Energieschwankungen der gravitativen Planckschen Strahlung diskutiert. Hierbei wird gezeigt, daß infolge der Nichtlinearität der Einsteinschen Gleichungen effektive Abschneidlängen auftreten, die verhindern, daß Vakuum-Quanteneffekte nahe der Planckschen Länge gemessen werden können.

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