Introduction to the Effective Field Theory Description of Gravity
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.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- December 1995
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.gr-qc/9512024
- arXiv:
- arXiv:gr-qc/9512024
- Bibcode:
- 1995gr.qc....12024D
- Keywords:
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- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 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