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.
Authors
- R. P. Woodard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0830-1396)
- A. J. Foraci
Institutions
- University of Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Letters B
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139649
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- University of Florida