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    Do the gravitational corrections to the beta functions of the quartic and Yukawa couplings have an intrinsic physical meaning?

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    We study the beta functions of the quartic and Yukawa couplings of General Relativity and Unimodular Gravity coupled to the λϕ4\lambda\phi^4 and Yukawa theories with masses. We show that the General Relativity corrections to those beta functions as obtained from the 1PI functional by using the standard MS multiplicative renormalization scheme of Dimensional Regularization are gauge dependent and, further, that they can be removed by a non-multiplicative, though local, field redefinition. An analogous analysis is carried out when General Relativity is replaced with Unimodular Gravity. Thus we show that any claim made about the change in the asymptotic behaviour of the quartic and Yukawa couplings made by General Relativity and Unimodular Gravity lack intrinsic physical meaning.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure

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

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    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.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figure
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