Gravitational contributions to the running of gauge couplings are calculated by using different regularizationschemes.As the β function concerns counter-terms of dimension four, only quadratic divergences from the gr...Gravitational contributions to the running of gauge couplings are calculated by using different regularizationschemes.As the β function concerns counter-terms of dimension four, only quadratic divergences from the gravitationalcontributions need to be investigated.A consistent result is obtained by using a symmetry-preserving loop regularizationwith string-mode regulators which can appropriately treat the quadratic divergences and preserve non-abelian gaugesymmetry.The harmonic gauge condition for gravity is used in both diagrammatical and background field calculations,the resulting gravitational corrections to the β function are found to be nonzero, which is different from previous resultspresented in the existing literatures.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.10821504,10491306,10975170 the Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Science
文摘Gravitational contributions to the running of gauge couplings are calculated by using different regularizationschemes.As the β function concerns counter-terms of dimension four, only quadratic divergences from the gravitationalcontributions need to be investigated.A consistent result is obtained by using a symmetry-preserving loop regularizationwith string-mode regulators which can appropriately treat the quadratic divergences and preserve non-abelian gaugesymmetry.The harmonic gauge condition for gravity is used in both diagrammatical and background field calculations,the resulting gravitational corrections to the β function are found to be nonzero, which is different from previous resultspresented in the existing literatures.
