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On the Development of Effective Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-03-17 v1

Abstract

This is a lightly edited version of the talk given on September 30, 2020 to inaugurate the international seminar series {\it All Things EFT}. It reviews some of the early history of effective field theories, and concludes with a discussion of the implications of effective field theory for future discovery.

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@article{arxiv.2101.04241,
  title  = {On the Development of Effective Field Theory},
  author = {Steven Weinberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.04241},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages