Padmanabhan, T.2012-03-022012-03-021982-04-07http://hdl.handle.net/11007/71Conformal fluctuations serve as a powerful tool to study the nature of quantum gravity. They lead, in a natural fashion, to the concept of stationary states for the quantum geometry. We attempt to incorporate the effect of conformal fluctuations into the background metric and matter. A modified set of equations, including the effect of conformal fluctuations, is presented and the solutions are discussed. It is shown that matter-free vacuum is unstable to conformal fluctuations. A scenario for creation of matter is indicated.enQuantum conformal fluctuationsStationary statesQuantum gravityArticle