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关于单模量子引力

On unimodular quantum gravity

Astrid Eichhorn

摘要:

单模引力在经典上等价于标准爱因斯坦引力,但在量子理论上不同:共形因子是非动力学的,规范对称性仅由横量子态构成。此外,宇宙学常数没有重整化。因此,量子理论不同于标准爱因斯坦引力的量子化。在这里,我们表明,在一个截断的完整的重整化群流的单模量子引力,有一个非平凡的紫外线吸引不动点,产生一个UV完成单模引力。我们讨论了重力的标准渐近安全情景的重要差异,并通过调查一种新形式的规范固定和鬼部门提供进一步的证据。

英文摘要:

Unimodular gravity is classically equivalent to standard Einstein gravity, but differs when it comes to the quantum theory: The conformal factor is non-dynamical, and the gauge symmetry consists of transverse diffeomorphisms only. Furthermore, the cosmological constant is not renormalized. Thus the quantum theory is distinct from a quantization of standard Einstein gravity. Here we show that within a truncation of the full Renormalization Group flow of unimodular quantum gravity, there is a non-trivial ultraviolet-attractive fixed point, yielding a UV completion for unimodular gravity. We discuss important differences to the standard asymptotic-safety scenario for gravity, and provide further evidence for this scenario by investigating a new form of the gauge-fixing and ghost sector.

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