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Effective field theory and fundamental interactions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

There are many possible gravitational applications of an effective approach to Quantum Field Theory (QFT) in curved space. We present a brief review of effective approach and discuss its impact for such relevant issues as the cosmological constant (CC) problem and inflation driven by vacuum quantum effects. Furthermore it is shown how one can impose significant theoretical constraints on a non-metric gravity using only theoretical effective field theory framework.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0412115,
  title  = {Effective field theory and fundamental interactions},
  author = {Ilya L. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0412115},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 11 pages, 2 figures. Based o talks given at the following meetings: 1. CONFERENCE ON Fundamental Symmetries and Fundamental Constants, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. September 15-18, 2004; 2. Colloquium "Theory and Experiment in Cosmology and Gravitation", in honor of Prof. Jose Plinio Baptista on the occasion of his 70th birthday. (UFES, Vitoria, Brazil. September 22-24, 2004). To be published in the proceedings

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