Path integral measure and cosmological constant
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| author | Branchina, C. Branchina, V. Contino, F. Pernace, A. |
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| contents | Considering (euclidean) quantum gravity in the Einstein-Hilbert truncation, we calculate the one-loop effective action $Γ^{1l}_{\rm grav}$ using a spherical background. Usually, this calculation is performed resorting to proper-time regularization within the heat kernel expansion and gives rise to quartically and quadratically UV-sensitive contributions to the vacuum energy $ρ_{\rm vac}=\frac{Λ_{\rm cc}}{8πG}$, with $Λ_{\rm cc}$ and $G$ cosmological and Newton constant, respectively. We show that, if the measure in the path integral that defines $Γ^{1l}_{\rm grav}$ is correctly taken into account, and the physical UV cutoff $Λ_{\rm cut}$ properly introduced, $ρ_{\rm vac}$ presents only a (mild) logarithmic sensitivity to $Λ_{\rm cut}$. We also consider a free scalar field and a free Dirac field on a spherical gravitational background, and find that the same holds true even in the presence of matter. These results are found without resorting to any supersymmetric embedding of the theory, and shed new light on the cosmological constant problem. |
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| spellingShingle | Path integral measure and cosmological constant Branchina, C. Branchina, V. Contino, F. Pernace, A. High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Considering (euclidean) quantum gravity in the Einstein-Hilbert truncation, we calculate the one-loop effective action $Γ^{1l}_{\rm grav}$ using a spherical background. Usually, this calculation is performed resorting to proper-time regularization within the heat kernel expansion and gives rise to quartically and quadratically UV-sensitive contributions to the vacuum energy $ρ_{\rm vac}=\frac{Λ_{\rm cc}}{8πG}$, with $Λ_{\rm cc}$ and $G$ cosmological and Newton constant, respectively. We show that, if the measure in the path integral that defines $Γ^{1l}_{\rm grav}$ is correctly taken into account, and the physical UV cutoff $Λ_{\rm cut}$ properly introduced, $ρ_{\rm vac}$ presents only a (mild) logarithmic sensitivity to $Λ_{\rm cut}$. We also consider a free scalar field and a free Dirac field on a spherical gravitational background, and find that the same holds true even in the presence of matter. These results are found without resorting to any supersymmetric embedding of the theory, and shed new light on the cosmological constant problem. |
| title | Path integral measure and cosmological constant |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10194 |