Effective Field Theory, Past and Future
Aug, 200921 pages
Part of Proceedings, 6th International Workshop on Chiral dymamics : Bern, Switzerland, July 6-10, 2009
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- PoS CD09 (2009) 001
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- 0908.1964 [hep-th]
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- UTTG-09-09,
- TCC-028-09
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Abstract: (arXiv)
This is a written version of the opening talk at the 6th International Workshop on Chiral Dynamics, at the University of Bern, Switzerland, July 6, 2009, to be published in the proceedings of the Workshop. In it, I reminisce about the early development of effective field theories of the strong interactions, comment briefly on some other applications of effective field theories, and then take up the idea that the Standard Model and General Relativity are the leading terms in an effective field theory. Finally, I cite recent calculations that suggest that the effective field theory of gravitation and matter is asymptotically safe.Note:
- Correction to footnote 29 and associated text. 21 pages
- talk: Bern 2009/07/06
- effective field theory
- history
- general relativity
- strong interaction
- gravitation
- asymptotic safety
- current algebra
- Weinberg
- perturbation theory
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