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Spontaneous symmetry breaking in classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and quantum field theory

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Massless integrals in dim-reg

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Can dimensional regularization solve the fine-tuning problem?

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Customary to offer a fellow academic a chance to rebut criticism in a paper?

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D'Alembertian for a scalar field

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Anomalously broken conformal symmetry

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Understanding Sakharov's third condition for baryogenesis (departure from thermal equilibrium)

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Could string theory be an effective theory?

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