Composite higher derivative operators in $d=2+ε$ dimensions and the spectrum of asymptotically safe gravity
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| author | Martini, Riccardo Sauro, Dario Zanusso, Omar |
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| contents | We discuss the renormalization of Einstein-Hilbert's gravity in $d=2+ε$ dimensions. We show that the application of the path-integral approach leads naturally to scheme- and gauge-independent results on-shell, but also gives a natural notion of quantum metric off-shell, which is the natural argument of the effective action, even at the leading order in perturbation theory. The renormalization group of Newton's constant is consistent with the asymptotic safety scenario for quantum gravity in that it has an ultraviolet relevant fixed point. We extend the approach to the analysis of curvature square operators, understood as composites operators, which allows for the determination of the spectrum of scaling operators at the scale invariant fixed point. The analysis suggests that there is one operator that becomes relevant close to $d=4$ dimensions, while other operators previously found in the literature are either marginal or trivial on-shell. |
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| spellingShingle | Composite higher derivative operators in $d=2+ε$ dimensions and the spectrum of asymptotically safe gravity Martini, Riccardo Sauro, Dario Zanusso, Omar High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology We discuss the renormalization of Einstein-Hilbert's gravity in $d=2+ε$ dimensions. We show that the application of the path-integral approach leads naturally to scheme- and gauge-independent results on-shell, but also gives a natural notion of quantum metric off-shell, which is the natural argument of the effective action, even at the leading order in perturbation theory. The renormalization group of Newton's constant is consistent with the asymptotic safety scenario for quantum gravity in that it has an ultraviolet relevant fixed point. We extend the approach to the analysis of curvature square operators, understood as composites operators, which allows for the determination of the spectrum of scaling operators at the scale invariant fixed point. The analysis suggests that there is one operator that becomes relevant close to $d=4$ dimensions, while other operators previously found in the literature are either marginal or trivial on-shell. |
| title | Composite higher derivative operators in $d=2+ε$ dimensions and the spectrum of asymptotically safe gravity |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.14804 |