PIRSA:06060049

General relativity as a quantum effective field theory

Donoghue, J. (2006). General relativity as a quantum effective field theory. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/06060049

Donoghue, John. General relativity as a quantum effective field theory. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 14, 2006, https://pirsa.org/06060049 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:06060049,
            doi = {10.48660/06060049},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/06060049},
            author = {Donoghue, John},
            keywords = {Quantum Gravity, Quantum Fields and Strings, Particle Physics},
            language = {en},
            title = {General relativity as a quantum effective field theory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2006},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:06060049 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

John Donoghue University of Massachusetts Amherst

Talk numberPIRSA:06060049
DOI10.48660/06060049
Collection
Talk Type Scientific Series
Subject

Abstract

At low energy and small curvature, general relativity has the form of an effective field theory. I will describe the structure of the effective field theory, and show how it can be used to calculate low energy quantum effects.