Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory

2003/11/24 by C. P. Burgess · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #gr-qc #astro-ph #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.12942/lrr-2004-5

published as LivingRev.Rel.7:5,2004 · 56 pages, 2 figures, JHEP style, Invited review to appear in Living Reviews of Relativity

arxiv created 2003/11/24 · arxiv updated 2015/06/25

Abstract

This article is meant as a summary and introduction to the ideas of effective field theory as applied to gravitational systems. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Effective Field Theories 3. Low-Energy Quantum Gravity 4. Explicit Quantum Calculations 5. Conclusions

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