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Gauge invariant flow equation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-05-07 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We propose a closed gauge-invariant functional flow equation for Yang-Mills theories and quantum gravity that only involves one macroscopic gauge field or metric. It is based on a projection on physical and gauge fluctuations. Deriving this equation from a functional integral we employ the freedom in the precise choice of the macroscopic field and the effective average action in order to realize a closed and simple form of the flow equation.

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@article{arxiv.1607.02989,
  title  = {Gauge invariant flow equation},
  author = {C. Wetterich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.02989},
  year   = {2018}
}

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