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We construct the general effective field theory of gravity coupled to the Standard Model of particle physics, which we name GRSMEFT. Our method allows the systematic derivation of a non-redundant set of operators of arbitrary dimension with generic field content and gravity. We explicitly determine the pure gravity EFT up to dimension ten, the EFT of a shift-symmetric scalar coupled to gravity up to dimension eight, and the operator basis for the GRSMEFT up to dimension eight. Extensions to all orders are straightforward.
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Ruhdorfer, M., Serra, J. & Weiler, A. Effective field theory of gravity to all orders. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 83 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2020)083
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