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Carmelo P. Martin

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arXiv2026

The effective gravitational action of a massless chiral fermion and the absence of parity-odd contributions

We consider the field theory of a quantum massless left handed fermion coupled to a background graviton field, $h_{μν}$, on four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. By using the BPHZL renormalization scheme, we prove that, up to order four in the number of graviton fields, there are no parity-odd contributions to the renormalized gravitational effective action. As a side result, we show that, modulo arbitrary UV finite diffeomorphism invariant parity-even counterterms, the gravitational effective action in question is equal, up to order four in the number of graviton fields, to half the corresponding gravitational action for a Dirac fermion non-chirally coupled to gravity. Also as a side result, we conclude the the Weyl anomaly is purely parity-even and that its value is half the value of the Weyl anomaly for a Dirac fermion non-chirally coupled to gravity.

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arXiv2025

Quantum noncommutative ABJM field theory: four- and six-point functions

Following our previous paper Quantum noncommutative ABJM theory: first steps, JHEP {\bf 1804} (2018) 070), in this article we investigate one-loop 1PI four-, and six-point functions by using the component formalism in the Landau gauge and show that they are UV finite and have well-defined $(θ^{μν}\rightarrow 0)$ limit. Those results also hold for all one-loop functions which are UV finite by power counting. In summary, taking into account results from previous paper, JHEP {\bf 1804} (2018) 070), and this paper, we conclude that, at least at one-loop order, the NCABJM theory is free from the noncommutative UV and IR instabilities, and that in the limit $θ^{μν}\rightarrow 0$ it flows to the ordinary ABJM theory.

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arXiv2025

Entanglement through high-energy scattering in noncommutative quantum electrodynamics

We analyze the tree-level generation of entanglement through some key scattering processes in massless quantum electrodynamics on canonical noncomutative spacetime with space-space type of noncommutativity. The fermions in the noncommutative theory will be zero charge fermions. The scattering processes we shall study do not occur in ordinary Minkowski spacetime. We shall use the concurrence to characterize the amount of entanglement generated through a given scattering process. We shall show that, at tree-level, the concurrence for the scattering of two photons of opposite helicity is given by the same expression as in the case of the scattering of gluons in ordinary Minkowski spacetime. Thus, maximal entanglement is achieved if and only if the polar scattering angle is equal to $π/2$. We also compute the concurrence for the head-on collision in the laboratory reference frame of two fermions of opposite helicity to obtain the same result as in the case of photon scattering. Finally, we shall study a type of collision at right angles in the laboratory frame of fermions with opposite helicity. We show that in the latter case the concurrence depends on energy of the incoming fermions, the noncommutativity matrix $θ^{ij}$, the polar, $θ$, and azimuth angle, $ϕ$, of the zero-momentum frame of the incoming fermions. In this latter case we see that when $θ=π/2$ there are values of $ϕ$ for which no entanglement is generated.

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arXiv2025

One loop analysis of the cubic action for gravity

We analyze some aspects of the cubic action for gravity recently proposed by Cheung and Remmen, which is a particular instance of a first order (Palatini) action. In this approach both the spacetime metric and the connection are treated as independent fields. We discuss its BRST invariance and compute explicitly the one-loop contribution of quantum fluctuations around flat space, checking that the corresponding Slavnov-Taylor identities are fulfilled. Finally, our results on a first order action are compared with the existing ones corresponding to a second order action.

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arXiv2025

Tree-level four-point function for a scalar field conformally coupled to Einstein's gravity on Euclidean AdS4

Using the AdS/CFT correspondence, we compute the tree-level four-point boundary scalar correlation function for a scalar field conformally coupled to the graviton field on Euclidean AdS4. We assume that the dynamics of the graviton field is governed by the Einstein-Hilbert action. We carry out the computation in momentum space and check that the result so obtained is consistent with the conformal Ward identities.

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arXiv2024

Witten diagrams in momentum space and one graviton exchange between scalars in Weyl invariant unimodular gravity

We tackle head-on the computation of the $s$-channel Witten diagram in momentum space corresponding to the exchange of a graviton between minimally coupled scalars in Weyl invariant unimodular gravity. By means of a lengthy calculation, we show first that the value of the diagram in question is the same as in General Relativity and, then, we obtain a compact expression for it in terms of the Mandelstam variables.

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arXiv2023

Quantization of Weyl invariant unimodular gravity with antisymmetric ghost fields

The enforcement of the unimodularity condition in a gravity theory by means of a Lagrange multiplier leads, in general, to inconsistencies upon quantization. This is so, in particular, when the classic linear splitting of the metric between the background and quantum fields is used. To avoid the need of introducing such a Lagrange multiplier while using the classic linear splitting, we carry out the quantization of unimodular gravity with extra Weyl symmetry by using Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) techniques. Here, two gauge symmetries are to be gauge-fixed: transverse diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations. We perform the gauge-fixing of the transverse diffeomorphism invariance by using BRST transformations that involve antisymmetric ghost fields. We show that these BRST transformations are compatible with the BRST transformations needed to gauge-fix the Weyl symmetry, so that they can be combined in a set of transformations generated by a single BRST operator. Newton's law of gravitation is derived within the BRST formalism we put forward as well as the Slavnov-Taylor equation.

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arXiv2023

The one-loop unimodular graviton propagator in any dimension

For unimodular gravity, we work out, by using dimensional regularization, the complete one-loop correction to the graviton propagator in any space-time dimension. The computation is carried out within the framework where unimodular gravity has Weyl invariance in addition to the transverse diffeomorphism gauge symmetry. Thus, no Lagrange multiplier is introduced to enforce the unimodularity condition. The quantization of the theory is carried out by using the BRST framework and there considering a large continuous family of gauge-fixing terms. The BRST formalism is developed in such a way that the set of ghost, {anti-ghost} and auxiliary fields and their BRST changes do not depend on the space-time dimension, as befits dimensional regularization. As an application of our general result, and at D=4, we obtain the renormalized one-loop graviton propagator in the dimensional regularization minimal {subtraction} scheme. We do so by considering two simplifying gauge-fixing choices.

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arXiv2023

The quantum dynamics of Lagrange multipliers

When implementing a non-linear constraint in quantum field theory by means of a Lagrange multiplier, $ł(x)$, it is often the case that quantum dynamics induce quadratic and even higher order terms in $ł(x)$, which then does not enforce the constraint anymore. This is illustrated in the case of Unimodular Gravity, where the constraint is that the metric tensor has to be unimodular ($g(x)\equiv \det\,g_{\m\n}(x)=-1$).

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arXiv2022

Unimodular gravity and the gauge/gravity duality

Unimodular gravity can be formulated so that transverse diffeomorphisms and Weyl transformations are symmetries of the theory. For this formulation of unimodular gravity, we work out the two-point and three-point $h_{μν}$ contributions to the on-shell classical gravity action in the leading approximation and for an Euclidean AdS background. We conclude that these contributions do not agree with those obtained by using General Relativity due to IR divergent contact terms. The subtraction of these IR divergent terms yields the same IR finite result for both unimodular gravity and General Relativity. Equivalence between unimodular gravity and General Relativity with regard to the gauge/gravity duality thus emerges in a non trivial way.

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arXiv2021

UV/IR mixing in Noncommutative SU(N) Yang-Mills theory

We show that there are one-loop IR singularities arising from UV/IR mixing in noncommutative SU(N) Yang-Mills theory defined by means of the $θ$-exact Seiberg-Witten map. This is in spite of the fact that there are no ordinary U(1) gauge fields in the theory and this is at variance with the noncommutative U(N) case, where the two-point part of the effective action involving the ordinary SU(N) fields do not suffer from those one-loop IR singularities.

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arXiv2020

A note on unimodular $N=1, d=4$ AdS supergravity

We put forward a unimodular $N=1, d=4$ anti-de Sitter supergravity theory off shell. This theory, where the Cosmological Constant does not couple to gravity, has a unique maximally supersymmetric classical vacuum which is Anti-de Sitter spacetime with radius given by the equation of motion of the auxiliary scalar field, ie, $S=\frac{3}{κL}$. However, we see that the non-supersymmetric classical vacua of the unimodular theory are Minkowski and de Sitter spacetimes as well as anti-de Sitter spacetime with radius $l\neq L$.

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arXiv2019

Off-shell unimodular N=1, d=4 supergravity

We formulate a unimodular N=1, d=4 supergravity theory off shell. We see that the infinitesimal Grassmann parameters defining the unimodular supergravity transformations are constrained and show that the conmutator of two infinitesinal unimodular supergravity transformations closes on transverse diffeomorphisms, Lorentz transformations and unimodular supergravity transformations. Along the way, we also show that the linearized theory is a supersymmetric theory of gravitons and gravitinos. We see that de Sitter and anti-de Sitter spacetimes are non-supersymmetric vacua of our unimodular supergravity theory.

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arXiv2018

Quantum noncommutative ABJM theory: first steps

We introduce ABJM quantum field theory in the noncommutative spacetime by using the component formalism and show that it is N=6 supersymmetric. For the U(1)_κ x U(1)_{-κ} case, we compute all one-loop 1PI two and three point functions in the Landau gauge and show that they are UV finite and have well-defined commutative limits theta^{μν} -> 0, corresponding exactly to the 1PI functions of the ordinary ABJM field theory. This result also holds for all one-loop functions which are UV finite by power counting. It seems that the quantum noncommutative ABJM field theory is free from the noncommutative IR instabilities.

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arXiv2018

Scattering of fermions in the Yukawa theory coupled to Unimodular Gravity

We compute the lowest order gravitational UV divergent radiative corrections to the S matrix element of the $fermion + fermion\rightarrow fermion + fermion$ scattering process in the massive Yukawa theory, coupled either to Unimodular Gravity or to General Relativity. We show that both Unimodular Gravity and General Relativity give rise to the same UV divergent contribution in Dimensional Regularization. This is a nontrivial result, since in the classical action of Unimodular Gravity coupled to the Yukawa theory, the graviton field does not couple neither to the mass operator nor to the Yukawa operator. This is unlike the General Relativity case. The agreement found points in the direction that Unimodular Gravity and General Relativity give rise to the same quantum theory when coupled to matter, as long as the Cosmological Constant vanishes. Along the way we have come across another unexpected cancellation of UV divergences for both Unimodular Gravity and General Relativity, resulting in the UV finiteness of the one-loop and $κg^2$ order of the vertex involving two fermions and one graviton only.

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arXiv2017

Unimodular Gravity and General Relativity UV divergent contributions to the scattering of massive scalar particles

We work out the one-loop and order $κ^2 m_ϕ^2$ UV divergent contributions, coming from Unimodular Gravity and General Relativity, to the S matrix element of the scattering process $ϕ+ ϕ\rightarrow ϕ+ ϕ$ in a $λϕ^4$ theory with mass $m_ϕ$. We show that both Unimodular Gravity and General Relativity give rise to the same UV divergent contributions in Dimension Regularization. This seems to be at odds with the known result that in a multiplicative MS dimensional regularization scheme the General Relativity corrections, in the de Donder gauge, to the beta function $β_λ$ of the $λ$ coupling do not vanish, whereas the Unimodular Gravity corrections, in a certain gauge, do vanish. Actually, we show that the UV divergent contributions to the 1PI Feynman diagrams which give rise to those non-vanishing corrections to $β_λ$ do not contribute to the UV divergent behaviour of the S matrix element of $ϕ+ ϕ\rightarrow ϕ+ ϕ$ and this shows that any physical consequence --such existence of asymptotic freedom due to gravitational interactions-- drawn from the value of $β_λ$ is not physically meaningful.

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arXiv2017

Unimodular Gravity and the lepton anomalous magnetic moment at one-loop

We work out the one-loop contribution to the lepton anomalous magnetic moment coming from Unimodular Gravity. We use Dimensional Regularization and Dimensional Reduction to carry out the computations. In either case, we find that Unimodular Gravity gives rise to the same one-loop correction as that of General Relativity.

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arXiv2016

Equivalence and/or quantum duality of the non/supersymmetric noncommutative field theories related by the theta-exact Seiberg-Witten map

In this article we expound a discovery of the quantum equivalence/duality of U(N) noncommutative quantum field theories (NC QFT) related by the theta-exact Seiberg-Witten (SW) maps and at all orders in the perturbation theory with respect to the coupling constant. We show that this proof holds for Super Yang-Mills (SYM) theories with N=0,1,2,4$ supersymmetry. In short, Seiberg-Witten map does commute with the quantization of the U(N) NCQFT independently, with or without supersymmetry.

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