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What is the Hierarchy Problem in Particle Physics?

What is the Hierarchy Problem in Particle Physics?

FromLearning by William


What is the Hierarchy Problem in Particle Physics?

FromLearning by William

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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Edit: in the episode, the Higgs field is referred to as having a “mass of 250 GeV.” This is NOT correct; 250 GeV refers specifically to the energy of an object, as GeV is an energy, not a mass, scale. References:
Hierarchy Problem - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_problem
Hierarchy Problem - Of Particular Significance
https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-physics-basics/the-hierarchy-problem/
Planck Mass - COSMOS
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/P/Planck+Mass
Special Unitary Group - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_unitary_group
Doublet State (Quantum Mechanics) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublet_state
Determinant - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant
Unitary Group - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_group
Circle Group - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_group
Q/A on SU(2) to U(1) Symmetry Breaking - StackExchange
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/370573/su2-to-u1-symmetry-breaking
Higgs Mechanism - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_mechanism
Coupling Constant - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_constant
Coupling Constants of the Fundamental Forces
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Forces/couple.html
Fermi’s Constant - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_constant
Supersymmetry - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetry
Electroweak Interaction Theory - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interaction
Coleman-Weinberg Mechanism - Scholarpedia
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Coleman-Weinberg_mechanism
Released:
May 1, 2021
Format:
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