Viability of quantum-gravity induced ultraviolet completions for matter

We highlight how the existence of an ultraviolet completion for interacting standard-model type matter puts constraints on the viable microscopic dynamics of asymptotically safe quantum gravity within truncated Renormalization Group flows. A first constraint-the weak-gravity bound-is rooted in the d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D 2017-10, Vol.96 (8), Article 086025
Hauptverfasser: Eichhorn, Astrid, Held, Aaron
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Zusammenfassung:We highlight how the existence of an ultraviolet completion for interacting standard-model type matter puts constraints on the viable microscopic dynamics of asymptotically safe quantum gravity within truncated Renormalization Group flows. A first constraint-the weak-gravity bound-is rooted in the destruction of quantum scale-invariance in the matter system by strong quantum-gravity fluctuations. A second constraint arises by linking Planck-scale dynamics to the dynamics at the electroweak scale. Specifically, we delineate how to extract a prediction of the top quark mass from asymptotically safe gravity and stress that a finite top mass could be difficult to accommodate in a significant part of the gravitational coupling space.
ISSN:2470-0010
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.96.086025