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Title: Naturalness: past, present, and future

Journal Article · · European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online)
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  1. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

We assess the state of naturalness in high-energy physics and summarize recent approaches to the three major naturalness problems: the cosmological constant problem, the electroweak hierarchy problem, and the strong CP problem.

Research Organization:
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011702
OSTI ID:
2420130
Journal Information:
European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online), Journal Name: European Physical Journal. C, Particles and Fields (Online) Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 83; ISSN 1434-6052
Publisher:
Springer NatureCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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