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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Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
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Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
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Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
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Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory |
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quantum gravity in everyday life: general relativity as an effective field theory |
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Living Reviews in Relativity |
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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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Quantum General Relativity |
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