General relativity as a quantum effective field theory

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Speaker(s): 
John Donoghue
Scientific Areas: 
Quantum Gravity,
Quantum Fields and Strings,
Particle Physics
Collection/Series: 
Colloquium
PIRSA Number: 
06060049

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.