Asymptotic safety in quantum einstein gravity: Nonperturbative renormalizability and fractal spacetime structure

Quantum Gravity: Mathematical Models and Experimental Bounds

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 293-313

  Lauscher, Oliver ^a   Reuter, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

asymptotic safety; fractal spacetime; non Gaussian fixed points; Quantum Einstein gravity; renormalization group

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EINSTEIN GRAVITY; NON-GAUSSIAN FIXED POINTS; NONPERTURBATIVE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RENORMALIZATION GROUP; SPACE-TIME METRIC; SPACETIME; SPACETIME STRUCTURES;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 84890156655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7978-0_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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