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The naturalness concept of the effective field theory is not confirmed.
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Effective field theories offer a powerful method to unify diverse models under a small set of control parameters, allowing systematic expansions around well-established theories. These techniques, developed in particle physics, were…
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We present a concise review of the status of the Standard Model and of the models of new physics.