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Do experiments suggest a hierarchy problem?

Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fieldsPublished 1 June 1998Open access
Francesco Vissani
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Abstract

The hierarchy problem of the scalar sector of the standard model is reformulated, emphasizing the role of experimental facts that may suggest the existence of a new physics large mass scale, for instance indications of the instability of the matter, or indications in favor of massive neutrinos. In the see-saw model for the neutrino masses a hierarchy problem arises if the mass of the right-handed neutrinos is larger than approximatively $10^7$ GeV: this problem, and its possible solutions, are discussed.

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Physics and Astronomy