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Asymptotic safety of higher derivative quantum gravity non-minimally coupled with a matter system

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-08-22 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study asymptotic safety of models of the higher derivative quantum gravity with and without matter. The beta functions are derived by utilizing the functional renormalization group, and non-trivial fixed points are found. It turns out that all couplings in gravity sector, namely the cosmological constant, the Newton constant, and the R2R^2 and Rμν2R_{\mu\nu}^2 coupling constants, are relevant in case of higher derivative pure gravity. For the Higgs-Yukawa model non-minimal coupled with higher derivative gravity, we find a stable fixed point at which the scalar-quartic and the Yukawa coupling constants become relevant. The relevant Yukawa coupling is crucial to realize the finite value of the Yukawa coupling constants in the standard model.

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@article{arxiv.1703.09033,
  title  = {Asymptotic safety of higher derivative quantum gravity non-minimally coupled with a matter system},
  author = {Yuta Hamada and Masatoshi Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.09033},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Version published in JHEP; 75 pages, 10 figures, typos corrected, references added