Ghost anomalous dimension in asymptotically safe quantum gravity
We compute the ghost anomalous dimension within the asymptotic-safety scenario for quantum gravity. For a class of covariant gauge fixings and using a functional renormalization group scheme, the anomalous dimension ηc is negative, implying an improved UV behavior of ghost fluctuations. At the non-G...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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5 May 2010
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Physical review. D, Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology
Year: 2010, Volume: 81, Issue: 10 |
| ISSN: | 1550-2368 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104010 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104010 Verlag, Volltext: https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104010 
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| Author Notes: | Astrid Eichhorn and Holger Gies |
| Summary: | We compute the ghost anomalous dimension within the asymptotic-safety scenario for quantum gravity. For a class of covariant gauge fixings and using a functional renormalization group scheme, the anomalous dimension ηc is negative, implying an improved UV behavior of ghost fluctuations. At the non-Gaussian UV fixed point, we observe a maximum value of ηc≃−0.78 for the Landau-deWitt gauge within the given scheme and truncation. Most importantly, the backreaction of the ghost flow onto the Einstein-Hilbert sector preserves the non-Gaussian fixed point with only mild modifications of the fixed-point values for the gravitational coupling and cosmological constant and the associated critical exponents; also their gauge dependence is slightly reduced. Our results provide further evidence for the asymptotic-safety scenario of quantum gravity. |
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| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1550-2368 |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.104010 |