English

Scale-dependent cosmology from effective quantum gravity in the invariant framework

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-04-30 v2

Abstract

We explore the possibility of a consistent cosmology based on the gauge-fixing independent running of the gravitational and cosmological constants (GG and Λ\Lambda) in the framework of effective quantum gravity. In particular, their running in this framework was found to satisfy GΛ4G \propto \Lambda^4. In the cosmological setting, the covariance of the theory provides energy conservation relations, which are impossible to satisfy with the unique scale parameter. However, by introducing the second sub-dominant scale corresponding to the higher-loop corrections and higher-derivative terms, one can close the system of equations for the running of parameters and arrive at the consistent cosmological solutions. This approach yields a change in the cosmological expansion history that affects the ratio of the Hubble parameter today to the Hubble parameter at high redshift.

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@article{arxiv.2401.11559,
  title  = {Scale-dependent cosmology from effective quantum gravity in the invariant framework},
  author = {Nicolas R. Bertini and Davi C. Rodrigues and Ilya L. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.11559},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

18 pages, 3 figures. v2: Added Cosmic Chronometers analysis. Version accepted in PDU

R2 v1 2026-06-28T14:22:57.087Z