May 10, 2013
(past)
12:10 p.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
60 St. George Street, MP 1115
John Donoghue
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Effective field theory techniques allow reliable quantum calculations in general relativity at low energy. After a review of these techniques, I will discuss the attempts to define the gravitational corrections to running gauge couplings and to the couplings of gravity itself.