One-loop quantum gravity from the N particle 4 spinning

Abstract

Abstract We construct a spinning particle that reproduces the propagation of the graviton on those curved backgrounds which solve the Einstein equations, with or without cosmological constant, i.e. Einstein manifolds. It is obtained by modifying the N $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 4 supersymmetric spinning particle by relaxing the gauging of the full SO(4) R-symmetry group to a parabolic subgroup, and selecting suitable Chern-Simons couplings on the worldline. We test it by computing the correct one-loop divergencies of quantum gravity in D = 4.

Keywords

• ERST Quantization
• Models of Quantum Gravity
• Sigma Models