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hep-th2026

Spectral Functions of Lorentzian Quantum Gravity

Gabriel Assant, Daniel F. Litim, Manuel Reichert

We compute spectral functions of graviton modes in Lorentzian quantum gravity, interpolating between classical general relativity and an asymptotically safe ultraviolet fixed point…

hep-th2026

Towards Two-to-Two Scattering of Scalars in Asymptotically Safe Quantum Gravity

Angelo P. Chiesa, Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert

We compute the graviton-mediated two-to-two scattering amplitude and cross section for scalar particles in asymptotically safe quantum gravity. Specifically, we compute the full mo…

hep-th2025

Yukawa interactions in Quantum Gravity

Gustavo P. de Brito, Manuel Reichert, Marc Schiffer

We present the first complete next-to-leading-order analysis of a Yukawa system within the framework of asymptotically safe quantum gravity. Our results are obtained through a syst…

hep-th2025

Self-consistent graviton spectral function in Lorentzian quantum gravity

Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert, Jonas Wessely

We present the first fully self-consistent computation of the graviton spectral function in quantum gravity, using the spectral renormalisation group for gravity put forward in arX…

hep-th2025

Matter Spectral Functions from Quantum Gravity

Varun Kher, Brandon King, Daniel F. Litim +1

We investigate Lorentzian quantum gravity coupled to a template matter sector with gauge fields, scalars and fermions. In the absence of quantised gravity, the matter sector by its…

hep-th2025

Comment on Path integral measure and RG equations for gravity

Aaron Held, Benjamin Knorr, Jan M. Pawlowski +4

Asymptotic safety is a candidate for a predictive quantum theory of gravity and matter. Recent works (arXiv:2412.10194 and arXiv:2412.14108) challenged this scenario. We show that…

hep-th2023★ 2 cited

Quantum Gravity from dynamical metric fluctuations

Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert

In this contribution, we discuss the asymptotic safety scenario for quantum gravity by evaluating the correlation functions of dynamical metric fluctuations. This is done with a fu…

hep-th2022★ 10 cited

Spectral Functions of Gauge Theories with Banks-Zaks Fixed Points

Yannick Kluth, Daniel Litim, Manuel Reichert

We investigate spectral functions of matter-gauge theories that are asymptotically free in the ultraviolet and display a Banks-Zaks conformal fixed point in the infrared. Using per…

hep-th2022★ 44 cited

The Asymptotically Safe Standard Model: From quantum gravity to dynamical chiral symmetry breaking

Álvaro Pastor-Gutiérrez, Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert

We present a comprehensive non-perturbative study of the phase structure of the asymptotically safe Standard Model. The physics scales included range from the asymptotically safe t…

hep-th2022★ 4 cited

Renormalised spectral flows

Jens Braun, Yong-rui Chen, Wei-jie Fu +11

We derive renormalised finite functional flow equations for quantum field theories in real and imaginary time that incorporate scale transformations of the renormalisation conditio…

hep-th2021★ 17 cited

Lorentzian quantum gravity and the graviton spectral function

Jannik Fehre, Daniel F. Litim, Jan M. Pawlowski +1

We present the first direct and non-perturbative computation of the graviton spectral function in quantum gravity. This is achieved with the help of a novel Lorentzian renormalisat…

hep-th2021★ 11 cited

Reconstructing the graviton

Alfio Bonanno, Tobias Denz, Jan M. Pawlowski +1

We reconstruct the Lorentzian graviton propagator in asymptotically safe quantum gravity from Euclidean data. The reconstruction is applied to both the dynamical fluctuation gravit…

hep-th2020★ 116 cited

Quantum gravity: a fluctuating point of view

Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert

In this contribution, we discuss the asymptotic safety scenario for quantum gravity with a functional renormalisation group approach that disentangles dynamical metric fluctuations…

hep-th2020★ 19 cited

Towards the QED beta function and renormalons at and

Nicola Andrea Dondi, Gerald V. Dunne, Manuel Reichert +1

We determine the and contributions to the QED beta function stemming from the closed set of nested diagrams. At order we discover a new logarithmic br…

hep-th2019★ 33 cited

Curvature dependence of quantum gravity with scalars

Benjamin Bürger, Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert +1

We compute curvature-dependent graviton correlation functions and couplings as well as the full curvature potential in asymptotically safe quantum gravity coupled to scalars…

hep-th2019★ 17 cited

Analytic Coupling Structure of Large (Super) QED and QCD

Nicola Andrea Dondi, Gerald V. Dunne, Manuel Reichert +1

We study the analytic properties of the 't Hooft coupling expansion of the beta-function at the leading nontrivial large- order for QED, QCD, Super QED and Super QCD. For each…

hep-th2018★ 96 cited

Higgs scalar potential in asymptotically safe quantum gravity

Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert, Christof Wetterich +1

The effect of gravitational fluctuations on the quantum effective potential for scalar fields is a key ingredient for predictions of the mass of the Higgs boson, understanding the…

hep-th2018★ 99 cited

How perturbative is quantum gravity?

Astrid Eichhorn, Stefan Lippoldt, Jan M. Pawlowski +2

We explore asymptotic safety of gravity-matter systems, discovering indications for a near-perturbative nature of these systems in the ultraviolet. Our results are based on the dyn…

hep-th2018★ 86 cited

Effective universality in quantum gravity

Astrid Eichhorn, Peter Labus, Jan M. Pawlowski +1

We investigate the asymptotic safety scenario for a scalar-gravity system. This system contains two avatars of the dynamical Newton coupling, a gravitational self-coupling and a sc…

hep-th2017★ 113 cited

Curvature dependence of quantum gravity

Nicolai Christiansen, Kevin Falls, Jan M. Pawlowski +1

We investigate the phase diagram of quantum gravity with a vertex expansion about constantly-curved backgrounds. The graviton two- and three-point function are evaluated with a spe…

hep-th2017★ 142 cited

One force to rule them all: asymptotic safety of gravity with matter

Nicolai Christiansen, Daniel F. Litim, Jan M. Pawlowski +1

We study the asymptotic safety conjecture for quantum gravity in the presence of matter fields. A general line of reasoning is put forward explaining why gravitons dominate the hig…

hep-th2016★ 151 cited

Towards apparent convergence in asymptotically safe quantum gravity

Tobias Denz, Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert

The asymptotic safety scenario in gravity is accessed within the systematic vertex expansion scheme for functional renormalisation group flows put forward in \cite{Christiansen:201…

hep-th2015★ 168 cited

Asymptotic safety of gravity-matter systems

Jan Meibohm, Jan M. Pawlowski, Manuel Reichert

We study the ultraviolet stability of gravity-matter systems for general numbers of minimally coupled scalars and fermions. This is done within the functional renormalisation group…

hep-th2015★ 159 cited

Local Quantum Gravity

Nicolai Christiansen, Benjamin Knorr, Jan Meibohm +2

We investigate the ultraviolet behaviour of quantum gravity within a functional renormalisation group approach. The present setup includes the full ghost and graviton propagators a…