The Hierarchy Problem: From the Fundamentals to the Frontiers
arXiv:2009.11870
Abstract
We begin this thesis with an extensive pedagogical introduction aimed at clarifying the foundations of the hierarchy problem. After introducing effective field theory, we discuss renormalization at length from a variety of perspectives. We focus on conceptual understanding and connections between approaches, while providing a plethora of examples for clarity. With that background we can then clearly understand the hierarchy problem, which is reviewed primarily by introducing and refuting common misconceptions thereof. We next discuss some of the beautiful classic frameworks to approach the issue. However, we argue that the LHC data have qualitatively modified the issue into `The Loerarchy Problem'---how to generate an IR scale without accompanying visible structure---and we discuss recent work on this approach. In the second half, we present some of our own work in these directions, beginning with explorations of how the Neutral Naturalness approach motivates novel signatures of electroweak naturalness at a variety of physics frontiers. Finally, we propose a New Trail for Naturalness and suggest that the physical breakdown of EFT, which gravity demands, may be responsible for the violation of our EFT expectations at the LHC.
PhD thesis with 150+ pages new pedagogical introductory material. Two dozen drawings, 14 epigraphs, many footnotes. Comments and reference recommendations welcome
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