We examine the Abelian Higgs model in (
Following a recent publication, in this paper we count the number of independent operators at arbitrary mass dimension in
- Award ID(s):
- 2112540
- PAR ID:
- 10546085
- Publisher / Repository:
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Volume:
- 2023
- Issue:
- 7
- ISSN:
- 1029-8479
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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