Quantum Gravity in Everyday Life: General Relativity as an Effective Field Theory

Abstract

This article is meant as a summary and introduction to the ideas of effective field theory as applied to gravitational systems. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Effective Field Theories 3. Low-Energy Quantum Gravity 4. Explicit Quantum Calculations 5. Conclusions

Comments: 56 pages, 2 figures, JHEP style, Invited review to appear in Living Reviews of Relativity