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arXiv:1702.00319hep-th

EPFL Lectures on General Relativity as a Quantum Field Theory

John F. Donoghue, Mikhail M. Ivanov, Andrey Shkerin

Abstract

These notes are an introduction to General Relativity as a Quantum Effective Field Theory, following the material given in a short course on the subject at EPFL. The intent is to develop General Relativity starting from a quantum field theoretic viewpoint, and to introduce some of the techniques needed to understand the subject.

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hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology hep-phHigh Energy Physics, Phenomenology

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