Vainshtein in the UV and a Wilsonian analysis of derivatively coupled scalars

0502172 - FZÚ 2019 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Padilla, A. - Saltas, Ippocratis
Vainshtein in the UV and a Wilsonian analysis of derivatively coupled scalars.
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. Roč. 2018, č. 6 (2018), s. 1-12, č. článku 039. ISSN 1475-7516. E-ISSN 1475-7516
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EF15_003/0000437
Grant - others:OP VVV - CoGraDS(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/15_003/0000437
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : renormalization group * nonperturbative * strong coupling * suppression * Wilson
OECD category: Atomic, molecular and chemical physics (physics of atoms and molecules including collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Mössbauer effect)
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In the first part of this paper we critically examine the ultra-violet implications of theories that exhibit Vainshtein screening, taking into account both the standard Wilsonian perspective as well as more exotic possibilities. Aspects of this discussion draw on results from the second part of the paper in which we perform a general study of derivatively coupled scalar theories using non-perturbative exact renormalisation group techniques, which are of interest independently of their application to modified gravity. In this context, we demonstrate the suppression of quantum corrections within the Vainshtein radius and discuss the potential relation with the classicalisation conjecture. We question whether the latter can be considered a realistic candidate for UV completion of large-scale modifications of gravity on account of a dangerously low classicalisation/strong coupling scale.

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