Livolsi, Edoardo: The SMEFT Illusion - Why the CMS Global Effective Field Theory Program Does Not Constitute a Fundamental Physical Framework CERN

Abstract This paper presents a critical examination of the CMS Collaboration study entitled "Combined Effective Field Theory Interpretation of Higgs Boson, Electroweak Vector Boson, Top Quark, and Multijet Measurements", including contributions from Guido Emilio Tonelli and collaborators. The reviewed work constitutes one of the most comprehensive contemporary implementations of the Standard Model Effective Field Theory (SMEFT) program, combining Higgs, electroweak, top-quark, multijet, and pr