Improved Actions for Nuclear Effective Field Theories

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 342, 2025 14^th International Spring Seminar on Nuclear Physics “Cutting-Edge Developments in Nuclear Structure Physics”


Article Number		01029
Number of page(s)		7
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202534201029
Published online		21 November 2025

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