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The quantum gravitational contribution to the renormalization group behavior of the electric charge in Einstein-Maxwell theory with a cosmological constant is considered. Quantum gravity is shown to lead to a contribution to the running…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 David J. Toms

The orbital Lense-Thirring precession is considered in the context of constraints for weak-field General Relativity involving the cosmological constant $\Lambda$. It is shown that according to the current accuracy of satellite measurements…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-06 A. Stepanian , Sh. Khlghatyan

We discuss a possible mechanism to screen a cosmological constant in non-local gravity. We find that in a simple model of of non-local gravity with the Lagrangian of the form, $R+f(\Box^{-1}R)-2\Lambda$ where $f(X)$ is a quadratic function…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-27 Shin'ichi Nojiri , Sergei D. Odintsov , Misao Sasaki , Ying-li Zhang

Classically, unimodular gravity is known to be equivalent to General Relativity (GR), except for the fact that the effective cosmological constant $\Lambda$ has the status of an integration constant. Here, we explore various formulations of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Bartomeu Fiol , Jaume Garriga

We derive the effects of a non-zero cosmological constant $\Lambda$ on gravitational wave propagation in the linearized approximation of general relativity. In this approximation we consider the situation where the metric can be written as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-09-17 José Bernabeu , Domènec Espriu , Daniel Puigdomènech

The renormalization group (RG) approach to cosmology is an efficient method to study the possible evolution of the cosmological parameters from the point of view of quantum field theory in curved space-time. In this work we continue our…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-11-19 Ilya L. Shapiro , Joan Sola , Hrvoje Stefancic

Modified gravity theories with an effective Newton constant that varies over cosmological timescales generally predict a different gravitational wave luminosity distance than General Relativity. While this holds for a uniform variation, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-18 Charles Dalang , Lucas Lombriser

We revisit the "sequester" proposal of Kaloper, Padilla and collaborators, in which the amplitude of the cosmological constant is decoupled from large contributions due to loops containing Standard Model particles. We review the different…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-12 Michaela G. Lawrence , David Seery

$f(R)$ theories of modified gravity may be compatible with current observations if the deviations from general relativity are sufficiently well screened in dense environments. In recent work [arXiv:2310.19955] we have shown that…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-20 Bradley March , Clare Burrage , Aneesh P. Naik

We consider general relativity with a cosmological constant as a perturbative expansion around a completely solvable diffeomorphism invariant field theory. This theory is the $\Lambda\to\infty$ limit of general relativity. This allows an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Rodolfo Gambini , Jorge Pullin

We consider the massless, minimally coupled scalar on de Sitter background. Although the 1-loop divergences of the graviton 1PI 2-point function are canceled by the usual Weyl ($C^2$) and Eddington ($R^2$) counterterms, there is still a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-27 N. C. Tsamis , R. P. Woodard , B. Yesilyurt

We argue that four-dimensional quantum gravity may be essentially renormalizable if one relaxes the assumption of metricity of the theory. We work with Plebanski formulation of general relativity in which the metric (tetrad), the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Kirill Krasnov

The quantum gauge general relativity is proposed in the framework of quantum gauge theory of gravity. It is formulated based on gauge principle which states that the correct symmetry for gravitational interactions should be gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Ning Wu

In this letter, we consider the theory of $F(R)$ gravity with the lagrangian density $ \pounds = R+\alpha R^2 + \beta R^2 \ln \beta R $. We obtain the constant curvature solutions and find the scalar potential of the gravitational field. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-09 J. Sadeghi , H. Farahani

We explore the possibility of testing modified gravity exhibiting the Vainshtein mechanism against observations of cluster lensing. We work in the most general scalar-tensor theory with second-order field equations (Horndeski's theory), and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-14 Tatsuya Narikawa , Tsutomu Kobayashi , Daisuke Yamauchi , Ryo Saito

Quantum corrections to the classical field equations, induced by a scale dependent gravitational constant, are analyzed in the case of the static isotropic metric. The requirement of general covariance for the resulting non-local effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Herbert W. Hamber , Ruth M. Williams

we investigate the exact renormalization group (RG) in Einstein gravity coupled to N-component scalar field, working in the effective average action formalism and background field method. The truncated evolution equation is obtained for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 L. N. Granda

This article reviews basic construction and cosmological implications of a power-counting renormalizable theory of gravitation recently proposed by Horava. We explain that (i) at low energy this theory does not exactly recover general…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-03 Shinji Mukohyama

We consider a quantum scalar field on an arbitrary gravitational background. We obtain the effective {\it in-in} equations for the gravitational fields using a covariant and non-local approximation for the effective action proposed by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 D. A. R. Dalvit , F. D. Mazzitelli

Treating general relativity as an effective field theory, we compute the leading-order quantum corrections to the orbits and gravitational-wave emission of astrophysical compact binaries. These corrections are independent of the (unknown)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-28 Alexander C. Jenkins , Andreas G. A. Pithis , Mairi Sakellariadou