Renormalization group fixed points of foliated gravity-matter systems

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DOI10.1007/JHEP05(2017)093zbMATH Open1380.83088arXiv1702.06539OpenAlexW2592240550WikidataQ62122250 ScholiaQ62122250MaRDI QIDQ682985FDOQ682985


Authors: Jorn Biemans, Alessia Platania, Frank Saueressig Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 February 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We employ the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner formalism to study the renormalization group flow of gravity minimally coupled to an arbitrary number of scalar, vector, and Dirac fields. The decomposition of the gravitational degrees of freedom into a lapse function, shift vector, and spatial metric equips spacetime with a preferred (Euclidean) "time"-direction. In this work, we provide a detailed derivation of the renormalization group flow of Newton's constant and the cosmological constant on a flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background. Adding matter fields, it is shown that their contribution to the flow is the same as in the covariant formulation and can be captured by two parameters dg, dlambda. We classify the resulting fixed point structure as a function of these parameters finding that the existence of non-Gaussian renormalization group fixed points is rather generic. In particular the matter content of the standard model and its most common extensions gives rise to one non-Gaussian fixed point with real critical exponents suitable for Asymptotic Safety. Moreover, we find non-Gaussian fixed points for any number of scalar matter fields, making the scenario attractive for cosmological model building.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.06539




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