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One-loop effective action and emergent gravity on quantum spaces in the IKKT matrix model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-05-31 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

A detailed derivation of 3+13+1 dimensional induced or emergent gravity in the IKKT matrix model at one loop is given, as announced in [1]. The mechanism requires a brane configuration with structure M3,1×KR9,1{\cal M}^{3,1}\times {\cal K} \subset {\mathbb R}^{9,1}, where M3,1{\cal M}^{3,1} is the noncommutative space-time brane, and K{\cal K} are compact fuzzy extra dimensions embedded in target space. The 3+1-dimensional Einstein-Hilbert action then arises in the one loop effective action of the maximally supersymmetric IIB or IKKT matrix model, with effective Newton constant determined by the Kaluza-Klein scale of K{\cal K}. At weak coupling, all physical modes are confined to the brane, leading to 3+13+1-dimensional low-energy physics. The Einstein-Hilbert action can be interpreted as interaction of K{\cal K} with the space-time brane via IIB supergravity. The vacuum energy does not act as cosmological constant, but stabilizes the brane structure at one loop.

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@article{arxiv.2303.08012,
  title  = {One-loop effective action and emergent gravity on quantum spaces in the IKKT matrix model},
  author = {Harold C. Steinacker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.08012},
  year   = {2023}
}

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39 pages, 1 figure

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