Published October 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

New measure of fine tuning

  • 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (United Kingdom)

Description

The solution to fine tuning is one of the principal motivations for beyond the standard model (BSM) studies. However constraints on new physics indicate that many of these BSM models are also fine-tuned (although to a much lesser extent). To compare these BSM models it is essential that we have a reliable, quantitative measure of tuning. We review the measures of tuning used in the literature and propose an alternative measure. We apply this measure to several toy models and the minimal supersymmetric standard model

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
76
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 075010-075010.14
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39052587
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; REVIEWS; STANDARD MODEL; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
DOCUMENT TYPES; EVALUATION; FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society