Falls, K, Litim, D, Nikolakopoulos, K and Rahmede, C (2016) Further evidence for asymptotic safety of quantum gravity. Physical Review D, 93 (10). p. 104022. ISSN 1550-7998

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Abstract

The asymptotic safety conjecture is examined for quantum gravity in four dimensions. Using the renormalisation group, we find evidence for an interacting UV fixed point for polynomial actions up to the 34th power in the Ricci scalar. The extrapolation to infinite polynomial order is given, and the self-consistency of the fixed point is established using a bootstrap test. All details of our analysis are provided. We also clarify further aspects such as stability, convergence, the role of boundary conditions, and a partial degeneracy of eigenvalues. Within this setting we find strong support for the conjecture.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Research Centres and Groups:	Theoretical Particle Physics Research Group
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Depositing User:	Richard Chambers
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2016 11:50
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2017 04:25
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/63626

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