Asymptotic freedom in Horava-Lifshitz gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2014-10-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We use the Wetterich equation for foliated spacetimes to study the RG flow of projectable Horava-Lifshitz gravity coupled to n Lifshitz scalars. Using novel results for anisotropic heat kernels, the matter-induced beta functions for the gravitational couplings are computed explicitly. The RG flow exhibits an UV attractive anisotropic Gaussian fixed point where Newton's constant vanishes and the extra scalar mode decouples. This fixed point ensures that the theory is asymptotically free in the large-n expansion, indicating that projectable Horava-Lifshitz gravity is perturbatively renormalizable. Notably, the fundamental fixed point action does not obey detailed balance.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1406.4366,
title = {Asymptotic freedom in Horava-Lifshitz gravity},
author = {Giulio D'Odorico and Frank Saueressig and Marrit Schutten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.4366},
year = {2014}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures