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jdstokes
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Hi,
In my research I've heard of the Hierarchy problem expressed under at least two different guises:
1) Hugeness of the Planck mass compared to the electroweak/Higgs mass, resolved by e.g., warped compactifications.
2) Some kind of fine-tuning of the electroweak scale to magically offset quantum corrections, resolved by e.g., supersymmetry.
I'm clear aobut the first issue but very vague about the second. Can anyone suggest any references to help me understand what the actual problem is, and how approaches such as supersymmetry can resolve it?
In my research I've heard of the Hierarchy problem expressed under at least two different guises:
1) Hugeness of the Planck mass compared to the electroweak/Higgs mass, resolved by e.g., warped compactifications.
2) Some kind of fine-tuning of the electroweak scale to magically offset quantum corrections, resolved by e.g., supersymmetry.
I'm clear aobut the first issue but very vague about the second. Can anyone suggest any references to help me understand what the actual problem is, and how approaches such as supersymmetry can resolve it?