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Model Independence of Effective Field Theory

Nuclear Theory 2025-10-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The use of effective field theory offers a systematic way to improve calculations of nuclear reactions and the properties of atomic nuclei. Its successes have led to the widespread belief that the predictions of this approach are model independent. We explain why this is definitely not the case.

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@article{arxiv.2510.14275,
  title  = {Model Independence of Effective Field Theory},
  author = {Anthony W. Thomas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.14275},
  year   = {2025}
}

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