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Equation 6 · Part 4 · Comparing the Main Approaches to Particle Physics Beyond the Standard Model

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ci/Λ2c_i/\Lambda^2
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where each Oi(6)\mathcal{O}_i^{(6)} is a dimension-six operator built from Standard Model fields and cic_i is a dimensionless Wilson coefficient set by the details of the underlying theory. This notation is worth showing because it makes the comparison’s real structure explicit: SUSY, extra dimensions, and dark-sector models are each, in this language, a specific choice of which Oi\mathcal{O}_i operators get generated and with what coefficients. A null search in a global SMEFT fit constrains cic_i/Λ2\Lambda^2 combinations directly from precision electroweak, Higgs, and flavor data, without committing to which particle content produced them [ 7 ] . The tradeoff is exactly the one implied by that…

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