Starobinsky inflation rules out two of three non-Gaussian fixed points in asymptotically safe scalar-tensor theories, identifying viable RG trajectories from the remaining fixed point.
Asymptotic safety in higher-derivative gravity
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We study the non-perturbative renormalization group flow of higher-derivative gravity employing functional renormalization group techniques. The non-perturbative contributions to the $\beta$-functions shift the known perturbative ultraviolet fixed point into a non-trivial fixed point with three UV-attractive and one UV-repulsive eigendirections, consistent with the asymptotic safety conjecture of gravity. The implication of this transition on the unitarity problem, typically haunting higher-derivative gravity theories, is discussed.
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Computes perturbation amplitudes in general effective multi-field inflation without sub-horizon limit and bounds higher-derivative corrections via ε for finite-cutoff models.
Proper-time FRG applied to gravity-coupled O(N) scalars largely reproduces scaling solutions and critical properties found with the effective average action, with some quantitative differences at finite and large N depending on improved schemes.
Review surveying progress toward realistic asymptotically safe quantum gravity with quantum scale symmetry and observational implications.
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Starobinsky-inflation in asymptotically safe shift-symmetric scalar-tensor theory
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On the Validity of the Effective Theory of (Multi-)Field Inflation
Computes perturbation amplitudes in general effective multi-field inflation without sub-horizon limit and bounds higher-derivative corrections via ε for finite-cutoff models.
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Proper-time functional renormalization in $O(N)$ scalar models coupled to gravity
Proper-time FRG applied to gravity-coupled O(N) scalars largely reproduces scaling solutions and critical properties found with the effective average action, with some quantitative differences at finite and large N depending on improved schemes.
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Asymptotically safe quantum gravity and its phenomenology -- a review
Review surveying progress toward realistic asymptotically safe quantum gravity with quantum scale symmetry and observational implications.