What is the Hierarchy Problem?
Is there a Hierarchy Problem? If so, what, exactly, is the problem? Almost every theorist has a personal answer to these questions. In this article, I give my answer. I will explain that the Hierarchy Problem is not a formal problem but rather our ignorance of a crucial physics explanation – the explanation of the nature of the Higgs boson. Without the solution to this problem, we cannot make progress on the major questions of our field.
Authors
- Michael E. Peskin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-6828)
Institutions
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Physics B
- Published
- 2025-05-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2025.116971
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.48
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy