Gauge Dependence of Gravitational Correction to Running of Gauge Couplings

Journal Article · Fri Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.061801· OSTI ID:20955439

Pietrykowski, Artur R ^[1]

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1. Institut of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, 50-204 Wroclaw, Plac Maxa Borna 9 (Poland)

Recently an interesting idea has been put forward by Robinson and Wilczek that the incorporation of quantized gravity in the framework of Abelian and non-Abelian gauge theories results in a correction to the running of gauge coupling and, as a consequence, increase the grand unification scale and asymptotic freedom. In this Letter it is shown by explicit calculations that this correction depends on the choice of gauge.

• OSTI ID: 20955439
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.061801; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CORRECTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GRAND UNIFIED THEORY
GRAVITATION
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS