Scrutiny of the new class of three-nucleon forces

E. Epelbaum, A. M. Gasparyan, J. Gegelia +2

In a recent publication, Cirigliano {\it et al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 022501 (2025)] argue that three-nucleon forces (3NFs) involving short-range operators that couple two pions…