Scaling solutions for asymptotically free quantum gravity

Abstract

We compute scaling solutions of functional flow equations for quantum gravity in a general truncation with up to four derivatives of the metric. They connect the asymptotically free ultraviolet fixed point, which is accessible to perturbation theory, to the non-perturbative infrared region. The existence of such scaling solutions is necessary for a renormalizable quantum field theory of gravity. If the proposed scaling solution is confirmed beyond our approximations asymptotic freedom is a viable alternative to asymptotic safety for quantum gravity.

19 pages, 10 figures, version published in JHEP

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