Journal article
An Introduction to Effective Field Theory
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 evaluated explicitly for a simple model. Power-counting results are illustrated for a few cases of practical interest, and several applications to quantum electrodynamics are described.
Authors
Burgess CP
Journal
Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 329–362
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Publication Date
November 1, 2007
DOI
10.1146/annurev.nucl.56.080805.140508
ISSN
0163-8998