Induced cosmological and Newton constants from towers of states

Abstract

We consider quadratic gravity with only Ricci squared and Weyl squared kinetic terms at tree-level, coupled to specific numbers of infinite towers of free scalars, Weyl fermions and gauge bosons in four dimensions. We show that predictable cosmological and Newton constants are induced at 1-loop. This result is cross-checked using both the heat kernel method and Adler's approach.

Based on a talk given at the Corfu Summer Institute 2019 "School and Workshops on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity'' (CORFU2019), 31 August -- 25 September 2019, Corfu, Greece