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渐近安全量子引力中近高斯标度的起源

On the origin of almost-Gaussian scaling in asymptotically safe quantum gravity

Maximilian Becker, Alexander Kurov, Frank Saueressig

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该研究在f(R)截断框架下对比Wetterich方程与复合算符方程的稳定性矩阵结构,揭示渐近安全量子引力中近高斯标度源于量子修正而非经典β函数,并确定了对正则化改变鲁棒的本征模谱部分。

摘要:

引力渐近安全计划设想通过一个相互作用的重整化群不动点——Reuter不动点——实现引力的高能完备化。该理论构建的预测能力编码在稳定性矩阵的谱中,该矩阵通过将重整化群流在该不动点附近线性化得到。渐近安全计划的一项关键结果是,该谱的部分区域表现出近高斯标度行为,这意味着经典上高度紫外无关的算符不会引入新的自由参数。在本文中,我们通过对比在f(R)截断框架下由Wetterich方程和复合算符(Composite Operator)方程计算得到的稳定性矩阵结构,追溯了这一性质的起源。我们表明,近高斯标度与β函数的经典部分无关,它是一种由量子诱导的近高斯标度,源自流方程中的量子修正,依赖于该理论两点函数的解析结构与Wetterich方程积出涨落模的方式之间的微妙相互作用。作为副产品,我们确定了本征模谱中对正则化程序改变具有鲁棒性的部分。

英文摘要:

The gravitational asymptotic safety program envisions the high-energy completion of gravity through an interacting renormalization group fixed point, the Reuter fixed point. The predictive power of the construction is encoded in the spectrum of the stability matrix which is obtained from linearizing the renormalization group flow around this fixed point. A key result of the asymptotic safety program is that parts of this spectrum exhibits an almost-Gaussian scaling behavior, entailing that operators which are classically highly UV-irrelevant do not induce new free parameters. In this article, we track down the origin of this property by contrasting the structure of the stability matrix computed from the Wetterich equation and the Composite Operator equation within the realm of f(R)-truncations. We show that the almost-Gaussian scaling is not linked to the classical part of the beta functions. It is a quantum-induced almost-Gaussian scaling originating from the quantum corrections in the flow equation. It relies on a subtle interplay among the analytic structure of the theory's two-point function and the way the Wetterich equation integrates out fluctuation modes. As a byproduct we determine the parts of the eigenmode spectrum which is robust with respect to changing the regularization procedure.

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