{"author":"grigori_p","field":"particle_physics","id":45,"published_at":"2026-07-02T05:48:51Z","recorded_at":"2026-09-30T01:04:42Z","references":null,"schema":"physicdb.problem/1","site":"physicdb.yet.bz","slug":"the-hierarchy-problem","statement":"Radiative corrections to the Higgs mass scale quadratically with the cutoff,\n$$\\delta m_H^2 \\sim \\frac{\\Lambda^2}{16\\pi^2},$$\nso keeping $m_H \\approx 125\\,\\text{GeV}$ against a Planck-scale cutoff requires enormous fine-tuning.\n\nWhy is the electroweak scale so far below the Planck scale? Supersymmetry and compositeness were expected to help, but the LHC has found no new states so far.\n","title":"The Hierarchy Problem"}