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| {{Beyond the Standard Model|expanded=Evidence}}
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| In [[theoretical physics]], the '''hierarchy problem''' is the large discrepancy between aspects of the weak force and gravity.<ref>http://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-physics-basics/the-hierarchy-problem/</ref> Physicists are unable to explain, for example, why the [[weak force]] is 10<sup>32</sup> times stronger than [[gravity]].
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| == Technical definition ==
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| A hierarchy problem occurs when the fundamental parameters, such as [[coupling constant]]s or masses, of some [[Lagrangian mechanics|Lagrangian]] are vastly different than the parameters measured by experiment. This can happen because measured parameters are related to the fundamental parameters by a prescription known as [[renormalization]]. Typically the renormalization parameters are closely related to the fundamental parameters, but in some cases, it appears that there has been a delicate cancellation between the fundamental quantity and the quantum corrections to it. Hierarchy problems are related to [[fine-tuning|fine-tuning problem]]s and problems of [[naturalness (physics)|naturalness]].
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| Studying the renormalization in hierarchy problems is difficult, because such quantum corrections are usually power-law divergent, which means that the shortest-distance physics are most important. Because we do not know the precise details of the [[quantum gravity|shortest-distance theory of physics]], we cannot even address how this delicate cancellation between two large terms occurs. Therefore, researchers postulate new physical phenomena that resolve hierarchy problems without fine tuning.
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| ==The Higgs mass==
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| In [[particle physics]], the most important '''hierarchy problem''' is the question that asks why the [[weak force]] is 10<sup>32</sup> times stronger than [[gravity]]. Both of these forces involve constants of nature, [[Fermi's constant]] for the weak force and [[Newton's constant]] for gravity. Furthermore if the [[Standard Model]] is used to calculate the quantum corrections to Fermi's constant, it appears that Fermi's constant is surprisingly large and is expected to be closer to Newton's constant, unless there is a delicate cancellation between the bare value of Fermi's constant and the quantum corrections to it.
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| [[Image:Hqmc-vector.svg|thumb|300px|right|Cancellation of the [[Higgs boson]] quadratic [[mass renormalization]] between [[fermion]]ic [[top quark]] loop and [[scalar field|scalar]] stop [[squark]] tadpole [[Feynman diagram]]s in a [[supersymmetry|supersymmetric]] extension of the [[Standard Model]]]]
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| More technically, the question is why the [[Higgs boson]] is so much lighter than the [[Planck mass]] (or the [[grand unification energy]], or a heavy neutrino mass scale): one would expect that the large quantum contributions to the square of the Higgs boson mass would inevitably make the mass huge, comparable to the scale at which new physics appears, unless there is an incredible [[fine-tuning]] cancellation between the quadratic radiative corrections and the bare mass.
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| It should be remarked that the problem cannot even be formulated in the strict context of the Standard Model, for the Higgs mass cannot be calculated. In a sense, the problem amounts to the worry that a future theory of fundamental particles, in which the Higgs boson mass will be calculable, should not have excessive fine-tunings.
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| One proposed solution, popular amongst many physicists, is that one may solve the hierarchy problem via [[supersymmetry]]. Supersymmetry can explain how a tiny Higgs mass can be protected from quantum corrections. Supersymmetry removes the power-law divergences of the radiative corrections to the Higgs mass and solves the hierarchy problem as long as the supersymmetric particles are light enough to satisfy the [[Riccardo Barbieri|Barbieri]]–[[Gian Francesco Giudice|Giudice]] criterion.<ref>{{cite journal|author= R. Barbieri, G. F. Giudice|title= Upper Bounds on Supersymmetric Particle Masses|journal=Nucl. Phys. B|volume= 306|pages=63|year= 1988|doi= 10.1016/0550-3213(88)90171-X|bibcode = 1988NuPhB.306...63B }}</ref> This still leaves open the [[mu problem]], however. Currently the tenets of supersymmetry are being tested at the [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]], although no evidence has been found so far for supersymmetry.
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| == Theoretical solutions ==
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| ===Supersymmetric solution===
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| Each particle that couples to the Higgs field has a Yukawa coupling λ<sub>f</sub>. The coupling with the Higgs field for fermions gives an interaction term <math>\mathcal{L}_{\mathrm{Yukawa}}=-\lambda_f\bar{\psi}H\psi</math>, <math>\psi</math> being the Dirac Field and <math>H</math> the Higgs Field. Also, the mass of a fermion is proportional to its Yukawa coupling, meaning that the Higgs boson will couple most to the most massive particle. This means that the most significant corrections to the Higgs mass will originate from the heaviest particles, most prominently the top quark. By applying the Feynman rules, one gets the quantum corrections to the Higgs mass squared from a fermion to be:
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| :<math>\Delta m_{H}^{2} = - \frac{\left|\lambda_{f} \right|^2}{8\pi^2} [\Lambda_{\mathrm{UV}}^2+ ...].</math>
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| The <math>\Lambda_{\mathrm{UV}}</math> is called the ultraviolet cutoff and is the scale up to which the Standard Model is valid. If we take this scale to be the Planck scale, then we have the quadratically diverging Lagrangian. However, suppose there existed two complex scalars (taken to be spin 0) such that:
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| λ<sub>S</sub>= |λ<sub>f</sub>|<sup>2</sup> (the couplings to the Higgs are exactly the same).
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| Then by the Feynman rules, the correction (from both scalars) is:
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| :<math>\Delta m_{H}^{2} = 2 \times \frac{\lambda_{S}}{16\pi^2} [\Lambda_{\mathrm{UV}}^2+ ...].</math>
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| (Note that the contribution here is positive. This is because of the spin-statistics theorem, which means that fermions will have a negative contribution and bosons a positive contribution. This fact is exploited)
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| This gives a total contribution to the Higgs mass to be zero if we include both the fermionic and bosonic particles. [[Supersymmetry]] is an extension of this that creates 'superpartners' for all Standard Model particles.
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| This section adapted from Stephen P. Martin's "A Supersymmetry Primer" on arXiv.<ref>Stephen P. Martin, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9709356v6 A Supersymmetry Primer]</ref>
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| ===Conformal solution===
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| Without supersymmetry, a solution to the hierarchy problem has been proposed using just the [[Standard Model]]. The idea can be traced back to the fact that the term in Higgs field that produces the uncontrolled quadratic correction upon renormalization is the quadratic one. So, if the Higgs field had no mass term no hierarchy problem arises. But, missing a quadratic term in the Higgs field, one must find a way to recover the breaking of electroweak symmetry through a non-null vacuum expectation value. This can be obtained using the [[Coleman–Weinberg potential|Weinberg-Coleman mechanism]] with terms in the Higgs potential arising from quantum corrections. Mass obtained in this way is far too small with respect to what is seen in accelerator facilities and so a conformal Standard Model needs more than one Higgs particle. This proposal has been put forward in 2006 by [[Krzysztof Meissner]] and [[Hermann Nicolai]]<ref>{{Cite journal
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| |author = K. Meissner, H. Nicolai
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| |year=2006
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| |title=Conformal Symmetry and the Standard Model
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| |journal=[[Physics Letters]]
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| |volume=B648 |pages= 312–317
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| |doi= 10.1016/j.physletb.2007.03.023
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| |bibcode=2007PhLB..648..312M
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| |arxiv = hep-th/0612165 }}</ref> and is currently under scrutiny. But if no further excitation beyond the one seen so far at [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]] would be observed, this model should have to be abandoned.
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| ===Solution via extra dimensions===
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| If we live in a 3+1 dimensional world, then we calculate the Gravitational Force via [[Gauss' law for gravity]]:
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| :<math>\mathbf{g}(\mathbf{r}) = -Gm\frac{\mathbf{e_r}}{r^2}</math> (1)
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| which is simply [[Newton's law of gravitation]]. Note that Newton's constant ''G'' can be rewritten in terms of the [[Planck mass]].
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| :<math>\frac{1}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}}^{2}}</math>
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| If we extend this idea to <math>\delta</math> extra dimensions, then we get:
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| :<math>\mathbf{g}(\mathbf{r}) = -m\frac{\mathbf{e_r}}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}_{3+1+\delta}}^{2+\delta}r^{2+\delta}}</math> (2)
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| where <math>M_{\mathrm{Pl}_{3+1+\delta}}</math> is the 3+1+ <math>\delta</math> dimensional Planck mass. However, we are assuming that these extra dimensions are the same size as the normal 3+1 dimensions. Let us say that the extra dimensions are of size ''n'' <<< than normal dimensions. If we let ''r'' << ''n'', then we get (2). However, if we let ''r'' >> ''n'', then we get our usual Newton's law. However, when ''r'' >> ''n'', the flux in the extra dimensions becomes a constant, because there is no extra room for gravitational flux to flow through. Thus the flux will be proportional to <math> n^{\delta} </math> because this is the flux in the extra dimensions. The formula is:
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| :<math>\mathbf{g}(\mathbf{r}) = -m\frac{\mathbf{e_r}}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}_{3+1+\delta}}^{2+\delta}r^2 n^{\delta}}</math>
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| :<math>-m\frac{\mathbf{e_r}}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}}^2 r^2} = -m\frac{\mathbf{e_r}}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}_{3+1+\delta}}^{2+\delta}r^2 n^{\delta}}</math>
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| which gives:
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| :<math> \frac{1}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}}^2 r^2} = \frac{1}{M_{\mathrm{Pl}_{3+1+\delta}}^{2+\delta}r^2 n^{\delta}} \Rightarrow </math>
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| :<math> M_{\mathrm{Pl}}^2 = M_{\mathrm{Pl}_{3+1+\delta}}^{2+\delta} n^{\delta}. </math>
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| Thus the fundamental Planck mass (the extra dimensional one) could actually be small, meaning that gravity is actually strong, but this must be compensated by the number of the extra dimensions and their size. Physically, this means that gravity is weak because there is a loss of flux to the extra dimensions.
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| This section adapted from "Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell" by A. Zee.<ref>{{Cite journal
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| | author = Zee, A.
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| | title = Quantum field theory in a nutshell
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| | publisher = Princeton University Press
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| | year = 2003
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| | bibcode = 2003qftn.book.....Z
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| }}</ref>
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| ====Braneworld models====
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| {{Main|Brane cosmology}}
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| In 1998 [[Nima Arkani-Hamed]], [[Savas Dimopoulos]], and [[Gia Dvali]] proposed the '''ADD model''', also known as the model with [[large extra dimensions]], an alternative scenario to explain the weakness of [[gravity]] relative to the other forces.<ref name="ADD1">
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| {{cite journal
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| |author=N. Arkani-Hamed, S. Dimopoulos, G. Dvali
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| |year=1998
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| |title=The Hierarchy problem and new dimensions at a millimeter
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| |journal=[[Physics Letters]]
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| |volume=B429 |pages= 263–272
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| |doi=10.1016/S0370-2693(98)00466-3
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| |bibcode=1998PhLB..429..263A
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| |arxiv = hep-ph/9803315 }}</ref><ref name="ADD2">
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| {{cite journal
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| |author=N. Arkani-Hamed, S. Dimopoulos, G. Dvali
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| |year=1999
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| |title=Phenomenology, astrophysics and cosmology of theories with submillimeter dimensions and TeV scale quantum gravity
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| |journal=[[Physical Review]]
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| |volume=D59 |pages=086004
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| |doi= 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.086004
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| |arxiv = hep-ph/9807344 |bibcode = 1999PhRvD..59h6004A }}</ref> This theory requires that the fields of the [[Standard Model]] are confined to a four-dimensional [[membrane (M-Theory)|membrane]], while gravity propagates in several additional spatial dimensions that are large compared to the [[Planck scale]].<ref>For a pedagogical introduction, see {{cite conference | author=M. Shifman | authorlink=Mikhail Shifman | year=2009 | title=Large Extra Dimensions: Becoming acquainted with an alternative paradigm | conference=Crossing the boundaries: Gauge dynamics at strong coupling | publisher=World Scientific | location=Singapore | arxiv=0907.3074}}</ref>
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| In 1998/99 [[Merab Gogberashvili]] published on the [[arXiv]] (and subsequently in peer-reviewed journals) a number of articles where he showed that if the Universe is considered as a thin shell (a mathematical [[synonym]] for "brane") expanding in 5-dimensional space then it is possible to obtain one scale for particle theory corresponding to the 5-dimensional [[cosmological constant]] and Universe thickness, and thus to solve the hierarchy problem.<ref>M. Gogberashvili, ''Hierarchy problem in the shell universe model'', [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9812296 Arxiv:hep-ph/9812296].</ref><ref>M. Gogberashvili, ''Our world as an expanding shell'', [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9812365 Arxiv:hep-ph/9812365].</ref><ref>M. Gogberashvili, ''Four dimensionality in noncompact Kaluza-Klein model'', [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9904383 Arxiv:hep-ph/9904383].</ref> It was also shown that four-dimensionality of the Universe is the result of [[Stability theory|stability]] requirement since the extra component of the [[Einstein field equations]] giving the localized solution for [[matter]] fields coincides with the one of the conditions of stability.
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| Subsequently, there were proposed the closely related [[Randall–Sundrum model|Randall–Sundrum]] scenarios which offered their solution to the hierarchy problem.
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| ====Empirical tests====
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| Until now, no experimental or observational evidence of [[extra dimensions]] has been officially reported. An analysis of results from the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in December 2010 severely constrains theories with [[large extra dimensions]].<ref name="arxiv.org">CMS Collaboration, "Search for Microscopic Black Hole Signatures at the Large Hadron Collider," http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3375</ref>
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| ==The cosmological constant==
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| In [[physical cosmology]], current observations in favor of an [[accelerating universe]] imply the existence of a tiny, but nonzero [[cosmological constant]]. This is a hierarchy problem very similar to that of the Higgs boson mass problem, since the cosmological constant is also very sensitive to quantum corrections. It is complicated, however, by the necessary involvement of [[general relativity]] in the problem and may be a clue that we do not understand gravity on long distance scales (such as the size of the [[universe]] today). While [[quintessence (physics)|quintessence]] has been proposed as an explanation of the acceleration of the Universe, it does not actually address the cosmological constant hierarchy problem in the technical sense of addressing the large quantum corrections. Supersymmetry does not address the cosmological constant problem, since supersymmetry cancels the M<sup>4</sub><sub>Planck</sub> contribution, but not the M<sup>2</sub><sub>Planck</sub> one (quadratically diverging).
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Little hierarchy problem]]
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| *[[Quantum triviality]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Hierarchy Problem}}
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