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Counter-Intuition and Scalar Masses.


DE2004827307

Publication Date 2004
Personal Author Silverstein, E.
Page Count 16
Abstract The Bousso-Polchinski mechanism for discretely fine-tuning the cosmological constant favors a large bare negative cosmological constant. I argue (using generalizations of results of Klebanov and Tseytlin) that a similar mechanism for fine-tuning the scalar masses to small values favors a large bare negative (i.e. tachyonic) scalar mass. I comment briefly on the related issue of the role of low energy supersymmetry in string theory.
Keywords
  • Cosmological constant
  • Scalar fields
  • Supersymmetry
  • Mass
  • String models
Source Agency
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA.; Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Physics.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes Prepared in cooperation with Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Physics. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number 200509
Counter-Intuition and Scalar Masses.
Counter-Intuition and Scalar Masses.
DE2004827307

  • Cosmological constant
  • Scalar fields
  • Supersymmetry
  • Mass
  • String models
  • Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
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