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An Observation on the Beta Functions in Quadratic Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-12 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We study the beta functions for the dimensionless couplings in quadratic curvature gravity, and find that there is a simple argument to restrict the possible form of the beta functions as derived from the counterterms at an arbitrary loop. The relation to the recent different results on beta functions is also commented on.

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@article{arxiv.2405.05706,
  title  = {An Observation on the Beta Functions in Quadratic Gravity},
  author = {Hikaru Kawai and Nobuyoshi Ohta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05706},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

8 pages, v2: some explanations added, refs. added

R2 v1 2026-06-28T16:22:00.388Z