Functional Renormalization Group Equations, Asymptotic Safety, and Quantum Einstein Gravity

Abstract

These lecture notes provide a pedagogical introduction to a specific continuum implementation of the Wilsonian renormalization group, the effective average action. Its general properties and, in particular, its functional renormalization group equation are explained in a simple scalar setting. The approach is then applied to Quantum Einstein Gravity (QEG). The possibility of constructing a fundamental theory of quantum gravity in the framework of Asymptotic Safety is discussed and the supporting evidence is summarized.

Based on lectures given by M.R. at the ``First Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity School'', Zakopane, Poland, March 2007, and the ``Summer School on Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory'', Villa de Leyva, Colombia, July 2007, and by F.S. at NIKHEF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2006

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