PIRSA:17110042

Asymptotic safety of gravity and matter

Held, A. (2017). Asymptotic safety of gravity and matter. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/17110042

Held, Aaron. Asymptotic safety of gravity and matter. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 23, 2017, https://pirsa.org/17110042 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:17110042,
            doi = {10.48660/17110042},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/17110042},
            author = {Held, Aaron},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Asymptotic safety of gravity and matter},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2017},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:17110042 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Aaron Held

École Normale Supérieure - PSL

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Compatibility of asymptotic safety with UV-completions of matter theories may constrain the underlying microscopic dynamics of quantum gravity. Within truncated RG-flows, a weak-gravity bound originates from the loss of quantum scale-invariance in the matter system. Further constraints could arise when linking Planck-scale to electroweak-scale dynamics. Within the constrained region, gravitationally induced scale-invariance could UV-complete the Standard Model, and moreover explain free parameters such as fermion masses and gauge couplings.