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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Volume -, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/11/057
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beyond standard model; supersymmetric standard model; neutrino physics
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We revisit the standard argument to estimate the scale of new physics (NP) beyond the SM, based on the sensitivity of the Higgs mass to quadratic divergences. Although this argument is arguably naive, the corresponding estimate, Lambda(SM) less than or similar to 2 - 3TeV, works reasonably well in most cases and should be considered a conservative bound, as it ignores other contributions to the Higgs mass which are potentially large. Besides, the possibility of an accidental Veltman-like cancellation does not raise significantly Lambda(SM). One can obtain more precise implications from fine-tuning arguments in specific examples of NP. Here we consider SUSY and right-handed (seesaw) neutrinos. SUSY is a typical example for which the previous general estimate is indeed conservative: the MSSM is fine-tuned a few %, even for soft masses of a few hundred GeV. In contrast, other SUSY scenarios, in particular those with low-scale SUSY breaking, can easily saturate the general bound on Lambda(SM). The seesaw mechanism requires large fine-tuning if M-R greater than or similar to 10(7) GeV, unless there is additional NP (SUSY being a favourite option).
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