Resumming fermion loops for inflationary gravity

We compute the 1-loop contribution to the graviton self-energy from a loop of massless fermions on a general cosmological background. The result is used to quantum-correct the linearized Einstein equation on de Sitter background and work out 1-loop corrections to gravitational radiation and to the response to a point mass. The renormalization group is employed to sum these to all orders for as long as the de Sitter phase persists.

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Physics Letters B
Published
2025-06-11
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139649
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2
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Field-Weighted Citation Impact
2.31

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Resumming fermion loops for inflationary gravity

R. P. Woodard, A. J. Foraci
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Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
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Resumming fermion loops for inflationary gravity

R. P. Woodard, A. J. Foraci
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Abstract

We compute the 1-loop contribution to the graviton self-energy from a loop of massless fermions on a general cosmological background. The result is used to quantum-correct the linearized Einstein equation on de Sitter background and work out 1-loop corrections to gravitational radiation and to the response to a point mass. The renormalization group is employed to sum these to all orders for as long as the de Sitter phase persists.

Physics Letters BVol. 868
University of Florida (US)
National Science Foundation, University of Florida
Openalex Percentile: Top 11%
Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
2.31
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