I. Saltas, V. Vitagliano
Abstract
We present for the first time an explicit exposition of quantum corrections within the cubic Galileon theory including the effect of quantum gravity, in a background-and gauge-invariant manner, employing the field-reparametrisation approach of the covariant effective action at 1-loop. We show that the consideration of gravitational effects in combination with the non-linear derivative structure of the theory reveals new interactions at the perturbative level, which manifest themselves as higher-operators in the associated effective action, which' relevance is controlled by appropriate ratios of the cosmological vacuum and the Galileon mass scale. The significance and concept of the covariant approach in this context is discussed, while all calculations are explicitly presented.
Keywords
gravity; modified gravity; quantum field theory on curved space; quantum gravity phenomenology
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume 2017, Issue 20, Page 22
2017 May
