@article{146e8d57d8b74bd28884b2ee7116581a,
title = "Why do we observe a weak force? The hierarchy problem in the multiverse",
abstract = "Unless the scale of electroweak symmetry breaking is stabilized dynamically, most of the universes in a multiverse theory will lack an observable weak nuclear interaction. Such {"}weakless universes{"} could support intelligent life based on organic chemistry, as long as other parameters are properly adjusted. By taking into account the seemingly unrelated flavor dynamics that address the hierarchy of quark masses and mixings, we show that such weakless (but hospitable) universes can be far more common than universes like ours. The gauge hierarchy problem therefore calls for a dynamical (rather than anthropic) solution.",
author = "Oram Gedalia and Alejandro Jenkins and Gilad Perez",
note = "U.S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-97IR41022]; Israel Science Foundation [1087/09]; EU; IRG; Peter and Patricia Gruber FoundationWe thank Michael Dine, John Donoghue, Guido Festuccia, Yuval Grossman, Aneesh Manohar, Takemichi Okui, Mike Salem, Matt Schwartz, and Kris Sigurdson for discussions. A.J. also thanks Bob Jaffe for encouragement, Graeme Smith for advice on the manuscript, and the Aspen Center for Physics for hospitality while some of this work was being completed. The work of A.J. is supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-FG02-97IR41022. G. P. is the Shlomo and Michla Tomarin career development chair and supported by the Israel Science Foundation (Grant No. 1087/09), EU-FP7 Marie Curie, IRG Fellowship and the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation.",
year = "2011",
month = jun,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.83.115020",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
volume = "83",
number = "11",
}