We prove perturbative renormalizability of projectable Horava gravity. The
key element of the argument is the choice of a gauge which ensures the correct
anisotropic scaling of the propagators and their uniform falloff at large
frequencies and momenta. This guarantees that the counterterms required to
absorb the loop divergences are local and marginal or relevant with respect to
the anisotropic scaling. Gauge invariance of the counterterms is achieved by
making use of the background-covariant formalism. We also comment on the
difficulties of this approach when addressing the renormalizability of the
non-projectable model.
Authors
Barvinsky AO; Blas D; Herrero-Valea M; Sibiryakov SM; Steinwachs CF