Gauges and functional measures in quantum gravity II: higher-derivative gravity
| Autor: | N. Ohta, R. Percacci, A. D. Pereira |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 77, Iss 9, Pp 1-18 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1434-6044 1434-6052 |
| DOI: | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5176-z |
| Popis: | Abstract We compute the one-loop divergences in a higher-derivative theory of gravity including Ricci tensor squared and Ricci scalar squared terms, in addition to the Hilbert and cosmological terms, on an (generally off-shell) Einstein background. We work with a two-parameter family of parametrizations of the graviton field, and a two-parameter family of gauges. We find that there are some choices of gauge or parametrization that reduce the dependence on the remaining parameters. The results are invariant under a recently discovered “duality” that involves the replacement of the densitized metric by a densitized inverse metric as the fundamental quantum variable. |
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