Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-06-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, RevTeX; references and comments added
Scientific paper
Physics in the vicinity of an ultraviolet stable fixed point of a quantum field theory is parametrized by a renormalization group invariant macroscopic length scale, the correlation length $\xi,$ with the quantum effective action a function of this length scale. Numerical simulations of quantum gravity suggest the existence of just such a fixed point. Since the quantum effective action is a function only of $\xi,$ the cosmological constant must be $k \xi^{-2}$ with $k$ a pure number. Higher derivative terms are also parametrized by this length scale, so in particular the effective Newtonian dynamics of a test particle is modified at acceleration scales of order $1/\xi.$ Thus, renormalization group effects in quantum gravity provide a natural link between the phenomenological acceleration scale associated with galactic rotation curves and the value of the cosmological constant favoured by recent supernovae observations.
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