Renormalization of the Einstein-Cartan Theory in First-Order Form
arXiv:2409.10493 · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2024.169801
Abstract
We examine the Einstein-Cartan (EC) theory in first-order form, which has a diffeomorphism as well as a local Lorentz invariance. We study the renormalizability of this theory in the framework of the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism, which allows for a gauge invariant renormalization. Using the background field method, we discuss the gauge invariance of the background effective action and analyze the Ward identities which reflect the symmetries of the EC theory. As an application, we compute, in a general background gauge, the self-energy of the tetrad field at one-loop order.
23 pages, 6 figures. To appear in Annals of Physics
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