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arxiv: gr-qc/9512024 · v1 · submitted 1995-12-11 · 🌀 gr-qc · hep-ph· hep-th

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Introduction to the Effective Field Theory Description of Gravity

John F. Donoghue (Univ. of Massachusetts , Amherst)
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keywords theoryeffectivefielddescriptiongravityintroductionquantumenergies
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This is a pedagogical introduction to the treatment of general relativity as a quantum effective field theory. Gravity fits nicely into the effective field theory description and forms a good quantum theory at ordinary energies.

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