The effective field theory treatment of quantum gravity
John F. Donoghue
TL;DR
This paper introduces quantum general relativity as an effective field theory, explaining its methods, applications, and limitations, and discusses implications for gravitational effects on running couplings.
Contribution
It provides a pedagogical overview of applying effective field theory to quantum gravity, including explicit examples and insights into gravitational effects on couplings.
Findings
Quantum general relativity fits within the effective field theory framework.
Effective field theory clarifies the limits of quantum gravity treatments.
Insights into gravitational effects on running couplings in perturbative regimes.
Abstract
This is a pedagogical introduction to the treatment of quantum general relativity as an effective field theory. It starts with an overview of the methods of effective field theory and includes an explicit example. Quantum general relativity matches this framework and I discuss gravitational examples as well as the limits of the effective field theory. I also discuss the insights from effective field theory on the gravitational effects on running couplings in the perturbative regime.
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