Burgess CP. Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory.
LIVING REVIEWS IN RELATIVITY 2004;
7:5. [PMID:
28163641 PMCID:
PMC5253842 DOI:
10.12942/lrr-2004-5]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/16/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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.
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