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Effective action and black hole solutions in asymptotically safe quantum gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-10-10 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We derive the quantum effective action and the respective quantum equations of motion from multi-graviton correlation functions in asymptotically safe quantum gravity. The fully momentum-dependent couplings of three- and four-graviton scatterings are computed within the functional renormalisation group approach and the effective action is reconstructed from these vertices. The resulting quantum equations of motion are solved numerically for quantum black hole geometries. Importantly, the black hole solutions show signatures of quantum gravity outside the classical horizon, which manifest in the behaviour of the temporal and radial components of the metric. Three different types of solutions with distinct causal structures are identified and the phase structure of the solution space is investigated.

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@article{arxiv.2309.17043,
  title  = {Effective action and black hole solutions in asymptotically safe quantum gravity},
  author = {Jan M. Pawlowski and Jan Tränkle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.17043},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages + appendices, 8 figures; v2: matches published version

R2 v1 2026-06-28T12:35:49.006Z