Introduction to the Effective Field Theory Description of Gravity

1995/12/11 by John F. Donoghue, Donoghue, John F. · 14 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/9512024

26 pages, Latex, no figures, Lectures presented at the Advanced School on Effective Field Theories (Almunecar, Spain, June 1995), to be published in the proceedings

arxiv created 1995/12/11 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

This is a pedagogical introduction to the treatment of general relativity as a quantum effective field theory. Gravity fits nicely into the effective field theory description and forms a good quantum theory at ordinary energies.

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