Renormalization Group scale-setting in astrophysical systems

Domazet, Silvije; Štefančić, Hrvoje (2011) Renormalization Group scale-setting in astrophysical systems. Physics Letters B, 703 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 0370-2693

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Abstract

A more general scale-setting procedure for General Relativity with Renormalization Group corrections is proposed. Theoretical aspects of the scale-setting procedure and the interpretation of the Renormalization Group running scale are discussed. The procedure is elaborated for several highly symmetric systems with matter in the form of an ideal fluid and for two models of running of the Newton coupling and the cosmological term. For a static spherically symmetric system with the matter obeying the polytropic equation of state the running scale-setting is performed analytically. The obtained result for the running scale matches the Ansatz introduced in a recent paper by Rodrigues, Letelier and Shapiro which provides an excellent explanation of rotation curves for a number of galaxies. A systematic explanation of the galaxy rotation curves using the scale-setting procedure introduced in this Letter is identified as an important future goal.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	scale-setting; cosmology; running parameters
Subjects:	NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics NATURAL SCIENCES > Physics > Astronomy and Astrophysics
Divisions:	Theoretical Physics Division
Projects:	Project title Project leader Project code Project type Fundamentalne interakcije u fizici elementarnih čestica i kozmologiji [3635] Nevenko Bilić 098-0982930-2864 MZOS
Depositing User:	Silvije Domazet
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2015 12:33
URI:	http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/1750
DOI:	10.1016/j.physletb.2011.07.038

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