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doi: 10.12942/lrr-2004-5
Living Rev. Relativity 7 (2004), 5
Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory
1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, ABB-324, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4M1, Canada
Article Abstract
This article is meant as a summary and introduction to the ideas of effective field theory as applied to gravitational systems, ideas which provide the theoretical foundations for the modern use of general relativity as a theory from which precise predictions are possible.
Keywords: effective field theories, general theory of relativity, quantum gravity
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| ORIGINAL | http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2004-5 |
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| Title | Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
| Author | Cliff P. Burgess |
| Date | accepted 16 March 2004, published 8 April 2004 |
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