Scale-dependent cosmology from effective quantum gravity in the invariant framework
Abstract
We explore the possibility of a consistent cosmology based on the gauge-fixing independent running of the gravitational and cosmological constants ( and ) in the framework of effective quantum gravity. In particular, their running in this framework was found to satisfy . 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.
Cite
@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