Introduction to Effective Field Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
This review summarizes Effective Field Theory techniques, which are the modern theoretical tools for exploiting the existence of hierarchies of scale in a physical problem. The general theoretical framework is described, and explicitly evaluated for a simple model. Power-counting results are illustrated for a few cases of practical interest, and several applications to Quantum Electrodynamics are described.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0701053,
title = {Introduction to Effective Field Theory},
author = {C. P. Burgess},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0701053},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Review article prepared for Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science, LaTex, 55 pages; new references added