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Title: Gauge Dependence of Gravitational Correction to Running of Gauge Couplings

Abstract

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.

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  1. Institut of Theoretical Physics, University of Wroclaw, 50-204 Wroclaw, Plac Maxa Borna 9 (Poland)
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OSTI Identifier:
20955439
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; Journal Volume: 98; Journal Issue: 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.061801; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CORRECTIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; GRAVITATION; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS

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Pietrykowski, Artur R. Gauge Dependence of Gravitational Correction to Running of Gauge Couplings. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.061801.
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Pietrykowski, Artur R. Gauge Dependence of Gravitational Correction to Running of Gauge Couplings. United States. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.061801.
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@article{osti_20955439,
title = {Gauge Dependence of Gravitational Correction to Running of Gauge Couplings},
author = {Pietrykowski, Artur R.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.061801},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 6,
volume = 98,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Fri Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.98.061801
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