Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1995
Publication Title
Physics Letters B
ISSN
0370-2693
Volume
347
Issue/No.
3-4
First Page
300
Abstract
Fine-tuning criteria are frequently used to place upper limits on the masses of superpartners in supersymmetric extensions of the standard model. However, commonly used prescriptions for quantifying naturalness have some important shortcomings. Motivated by this, we propose new criteria for quantifying fine tuning that can be used to place upper limits on superpartner masses with greater fidelity. In addition, our analysis attempts to make explicit the assumptions implicit in quantifications of naturalness. We apply our criteria to the minimal supersymmetric extension of the standard model, and we find that the scale of supersymmetry breaking can be larger than previous methods indicate.
NSUWorks Citation
Anderson, G. W., & Castano, D. (1995). Measure of Fine Tuning. Physics Letters B, 347, (3-4), 300 - . https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(95)00051-L. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/119
DOI
10.1016/0370-2693(95)00051-L
Comments
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