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Standard Model effective field theory

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An extension of the Standard Model Lagrangian by higher-dimension operators built from Standard Model fields and preserving its gauge symmetry, organized in inverse powers of a heavy new-physics scale. It is not obtained by integrating the Standard Model out of itself.

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Standard Model of particle physicsStandard Model effective field theory

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SMEFT extends the Standard Model Lagrangian by higher-dimension operators built from Standard Model fields and symmetries. It is an EFT of unspecified heavy new physics, not an effective reduction of the Standard Model itself.

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Standard Model effective field theoryLow-energy effective field theory below the electroweak scale (LEFT)

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SMEFT matches onto LEFT after electroweak symmetry breaking and integration of heavy Standard Model fields; LEFT Wilson coefficients retain the effects of SMEFT operators.

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The target retains the degrees of freedom and interactions relevant below a stated scale or within a stated regime, while higher-energy or unresolved degrees of freedom from the source are integrated out, coarse-grained, or encoded in effective couplings.

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