The inflationary mechanism in asymptotically safe gravity
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According to the asymptotic safety conjecture, gravity is a renormalizable quantum field theory whose continuum limit is defined by an interacting fixed point of the renormalization group flow. In these proceedings, we review some implications of the existence of this nontrivial fixed point in cosmological contexts. Specifically, we discuss a toy model exemplifying how the departure from the fixed-point regime can explain the approximate scale-invariance of the power spectrum of temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 189 |
Journal | Universe |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 8 |
ISSN | 2218-1997 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 20 Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the DFG under grant no Ei-1037/1 and by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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- Asymptotically safe gravity, Inflationary cosmology, Renormalization group flow
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