Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory
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.
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| author | Burgess Cliff P. |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0de1253602643a58e1674cb58a881892022-12-21T22:12:01ZengSpringerOpenLiving Reviews in Relativity1433-83512004-01-0175Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field TheoryBurgess Cliff P.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.http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2004-5Quantum General Relativity |
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| title | Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
| title_full | Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
| title_fullStr | Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
| title_short | Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
| title_sort | quantum gravity in everyday life general relativity as an effective field theory |
| topic | Quantum General Relativity |
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