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The phase diagram of quantum gravity from diffeomorphism-invariant RG-flows

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-03-20 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We evaluate the phase diagram of quantum gravity within a fully diffeomorphism-invariant renormalisation group approach. The construction is based on the geometrical or Vilkovisky-DeWitt effective action. We also resolve the difference between the fluctuation metric and the background metric. This allows for fully background-independent flows in gravity. The results provide further evidence for the ultraviolet fixed point scenario in quantum gravity with quantitative changes for the fixed point physics. We also find a stable infrared fixed point related to classical Einstein gravity. Implications and possible extensions are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.1203.4207,
  title  = {The phase diagram of quantum gravity from diffeomorphism-invariant RG-flows},
  author = {Ivan Donkin and Jan M. Pawlowski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.4207},
  year   = {2012}
}

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23 pages, 13 figures