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Asymptotic freedom of Yang-Mills theory with gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-27 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study the behaviour of Yang-Mills theory under the inclusion of gravity. In the weak- gravity limit, the running gauge coupling receives no contribution from the gravitational sector, if all symmetries are preserved. This holds true with and without cosmological constant. We also show that asymptotic freedom persists in general field-theory-based gravity scenarios including gravitational shielding as well as asymptotically safe gravity.

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@article{arxiv.1101.5552,
  title  = {Asymptotic freedom of Yang-Mills theory with gravity},
  author = {Sarah Folkerts and Daniel F. Litim and Jan M. Pawlowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.5552},
  year   = {2015}
}

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16 pages, 2 figures; v2: explanations added to match published version